Wales Office written question – answered at on 17 July 2017.
Kate Green
Labour, Stretford and Urmston
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the contribution from the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what work is being done to progress work to distinguish Gypsies and Travellers using 2011 census classifications in his Department.
Kate Green
Labour, Stretford and Urmston
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications, including on Gypsies and Travellers, to audit racial disparities in public service outcomes.
Guto Bebb
The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
I refer the hon Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 11 July, UIN 3079.
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