§ Mr. PlaskittTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the role of the voluntary sector in addressing social exclusion. [69160]
§ Mr. BoatengThe Government regard partnership with voluntary and community organisations as crucial in combating social exclusion. Many such organisations have unique experience and knowledge of areas of need and opportunity. The voluntary sector is represented on the membership of seventeen of the eighteen Policy Action Teams set up following the Social Exclusion Unit report, "Bringing Britain Together".