HC Deb 25 November 1997 vol 301 cc538-9W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which Ministers had meetings with officials from Wisconsin during the summer. [17726]

Mr. Keith Bradley

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State had one meeting with an official from Wisconsin.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what reports have been prepared by officials in her Department on the Wisconsin Project; and if she will make them publicly available. [17725]

Mr. Keith Bradley

Departmental Officials prepare regular background papers for Ministers on developments in welfare policy across the world. Several of these have included material on recent changes in Wisconsin.

It is for the authorities in Wisconsin to provide information about its welfare policy.