HC Deb 28 October 2003 vol 412 c221W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list those authorities taking part in pilot schemes for children's trusts; when the pilots(a) start and (b) finish; and what the procedure for (i) reporting on the pilots and (ii) influencing future legislation is. [134778]

Dr. Ladyman

The following authorities are children's trust pathfinders: Barnsley, Bexley, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Brighton and Hove, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, City of York, Croydon, Darlington, Devon, Ealing, East Yorkshire, Essex, Gateshead, Greenwich, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Leicester, Newcastle, North Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Portsmouth, Redbridge, Sandwell, Sheffield, Solihull, South Tyneside, Sutton, Telford and Wrekin, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, West Sussex and Wokingham.

The children's trust pathfinders were announced on 10 July 2003 and will run for three years as pathfinders. They will be independently evaluated over the three years and reports will be made during that period. Information from the pathfinders, including evaluation reports and the work of the national network will identify issues for any future legislation.