Travellers

Miss Emma Nicholson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is routinely collected by his Department about health authority plans, targets and services for traveller mothers and babies.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
Routine information as not collected centrally. We recognise that meeting the health care needs of traveller families requires special attention from health authorities in areas with a significant traveller population. To help develop good practice the Department provides financial support to a travellers information and liaison unit run by the Save the Children Fund.