HC Deb 14 December 1998 vol 322 c355W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he was notified by the Department for Education and Employment of cases in which convicted sex offenders have been offered placements working with children under the new deal programme. [63889]

Mr. Boateng

These allegations were brought to my Department's attention by officials in the Department for Education and Employment on 8 December.