We've got an interview with Phil Hope the minister in charge of social exclusion which should be on the site tomorrow. In it he says half of councils - and their local strategic partnership colleagues - have made reducing social exclusion among adults an explicit priority locally.

To drift into their technicalities, these councils have selected at least one of eight designated targets on social exclusion - on improving access to housing and employment, education or training for care leavers, offenders, people with learning disabilities and those with mental health problems - in their local area agreement. This is an agreement with government that defines their top local priorities.

However, it seems the targets on mental health and learning disabilities have proved more popular than those on care leavers and offenders, in part because the latter groups are not as "popular".

I was just wondering if any of your authorities were making a priority of social exclusion. And if not why not.