Prisons: Travellers
Lords · Question HL14510 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Whitaker
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Timpson on 3 February (HL14086), what steps they are taking to improve data collection for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller prison staff, prisoners, probationers and children.
Answer
Answered by Lord Timpson, 23 Feb 2026
Work was completed in the summer of 2024 to update systems to capture Gypsy, Roma and Traveller data for Ministry of Justice staff, using the “19+1” approach. This approach uses the standard 19 detailed UK census ethnicity categories, plus one additional ...