To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the National Safeguarding Unit for the Third Sector has been established; and if he will make a statement. (247383)

Following a competitive tendering process, the Department for Children, Schools and Families has recently awarded a contract to deliver the National Safeguarding Unit for the Third Sector. An announcement on this will be made shortly. The Unit will be established and launched by March 2009.