Submission to Home Office consultation on strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments

01 Sep 2018

In 2011 Gypsies and Irish Travellers were first included as ethnic minority groups in the National Census resulting in the ONS conducting a dedicated analysis of data relating to these groups in 2014. Gypsies and Irish Travellers are ethnic minorities and have a protected characteristic under the Equality Act. They are protected from race discrimination and by the Public Sector Equality Duty.