§ Mr. CollinsTo ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the roles in social policy of the(a) Social Exclusion Unit, (b) Policy Delivery Unit and (c) Downing Street Policy Unit. [7519]
§ The Prime MinisterThe Social Exclusion Unit is a cross-departmental Unit of civil servants and staff from outside Government that delivers policy projects on specific social exclusion issues. It is currently working on four policy projects: on reducing re-offending among ex-prisoners; young runaways; raising the educational attainment of children in care; and, transport and social exclusion. The Unit reports to me through the Deputy Prime Minister.
For details about the Delivery Unit and the Downing Street Policy Directorate, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) today at column 1361W.