Assessing local authorities’ progress in meeting the accommodation needs of Gypsy and traveller communities
in Scotland : Final report

Brown, P; Niner, P; Lomax, D

Abstract

In its 2006 report Common Ground, the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)
concluded that Gypsies and Irish Travellers are the most excluded groups in
Britain today. Advances in social mobility and access to power made by other
disadvantaged groups in Britain, such as other ethnic minority groups, have not
been matched by Gypsies and Travellers. The research reported here builds on
the earlier work done by the CRE.
The aim of this study is to provide data about the extent to which local authorities
in Scotland are meeting the accommodation needs of Scottish Gypsy Travellers.
There are two main objectives: to ascertain the quantity of current Gypsy Traveller site provision, including
any recent changes in provision and any imminent plans to develop sites in
the future; to investigate the timescales of delivery to meet any accommodation
shortfalls.
The research is designed to explore the perspective of local authorities and, to a
lesser extent, police forces in Scotland and their understanding of the
accommodation needs of Scottish Gypsy Travellers.

Citation

in Scotland : Final report

• Report Type: Project Report
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Aug 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781842062395
• Publisher URL: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/publication/research-report-44-assessing-local-authorities-progress-meeting-accommodation-needs-gypsy-and