HC Deb 28 November 2002 vol 395 c409W
Ms Shipley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his plans for the role of the children's trusts. [83348]

Jacqui Smith

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Mr. Dawson) on 29 October 2002,Official Report, volume 391, column 679–80.

We are currently seeking views of stakeholders to inform our thinking about models that would support the vision of children's trusts we have set out. Pilots will start from April 2003, and we will be issuing a prospectus inviting expressions of interest in December.