Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Virendra Sharma and Brandon Lewis
Brandon Lewis
The hon. Lady is right; local authorities are running a range of really good schemes. That is why they have been passed to local authorities. What has been highlighted is that many authorities are running good, efficient schemes and spending way below the amount of money originally put forward. That is also why the Department for Work and Pensions is carrying out the review, which it will be reporting on some time this autumn.
Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall) (Lab)
9. What progress his Department has made in advancing the agenda set out in its publication “Creating the conditions for integration”, published in February 2012.