Social Exclusion (Hansard, 5 April 2000)

HC Deb 05 April 2000 vol 347 cc523-4W 523W

§ 13. Mr. Edwards
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will make a statement about the role of the social exclusion unit. [116396]

§ Marjorie Mowlam
The Social Exclusion Unit was established in December 1997. Since then it has produced five reports and action plans on subjects as diverse as rough sleeping and teenage pregnancy.
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The role of the unit is to help Government action to reduce social exclusion by producing joined-up solutions to joined-up problems.