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1487429

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2022 to Question 23781 on Children's Centres, what estimate he has made of the number of children who have not had access to sure start services as a result of those closures.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	32595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on how best to meet the needs of the local population have always been for the council concerned. Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance is clear that if a council decides to close a children’s centre, they should demonstrate that local children and families will not be adversely affected and local areas continue to have sufficient children’s centres to meet their needs.</p><p>The proportion of children starting year 1 with a good level of development went from around one in two in 2013, to nearly three out of four children in 2019. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a record proportion of children were starting Year 1 with a good level of development.</p><p>The department is committed to ensuring children and young people get the best start in life. In the 2021 Budget, the government announced a £500 million package for families. This includes a £200 million uplift to the Supporting Families programme taking total planned investment across the next 3 years to £695 million. This funding will help up to 300,000 more families facing multiple, interconnected issues to access effective support and improve their life outcomes.</p><p>£300 million of funding will be used to transform ‘Start for Life’ services and create a network of family hubs in half of council areas in England. This includes funding worth £81.75 million for a network of Family Hubs and £50 million for parenting programs. The department is committed to family hubs and will robustly evaluate the impact of the investment to gather best practice and inform future funding decisions.</p> answering member constituency Bassetlaw answering member printed Brendan Clarke-Smith grouped question UIN 32594 question first answered 14/07/2022 07:53:40 answering member 4756 label Biography information for Brendan Clarke-Smith
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1472924

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many designated Sure Start Children's Centres there were in each local authority in (a) 2010 and (b) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	23781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Data on Sure Start children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites has been supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools database portal since 18 September 2017. This data is available at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities, the attached table provides details of the number of children’s centre sites by local authority in 2010 and 2021. Councils are reconfiguring services to deliver them more efficiently. If a council decides to close a children’s centre, statutory guidance is clear that they should demonstrate that local children and families would not be adversely affected, and local areas continue to have sufficient children’s centres to meet their needs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/06/2022 16:17:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 23781_data.pdf title 23781_table
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1385825

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed or been downgraded in each of the last 10 years in (a) Enfield North, (b) London and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	88834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities, as of 8 December 2021[1] there were 2,301 children’s centres and 699 children’s centre linked sites[2] open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network.</p><p>The attached table shows the number of children’s centres sites that have closed in Enfield North, London and England in each year since 2011[3].</p><p>The department does not routinely collect data on the services provided by children’s centres. This data is held at a local level.</p><p>[1] Source: This is based on information supplied by local authorities to the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a> and internal management information held by the department on historical children’s centre closure dates as of 8 December 2021. These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in future, since local authorities may update their data at any time. The GIAS collects data on children’s centres that local authorities have closed on a permanent basis. It does not collect data on children’s centres that local authorities may have closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>[2] No data is held on the date a children’s centre converts to a children’s centre linked site, therefore, while a figure for the split between children’s centres and linked sites at the point a query is made can be established, it is not possible to provide a historic breakdown of this figure in previous years.</p><p>[3] No closures have been reported in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/12/2021 16:30:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name 88834_sure_start_centres.xlsx title 88834_table
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1353361

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of Sure Start centres that have (a) closed and (b) reduced the services they provide since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	44461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities as of 31 August 2021, there were 3,000 Sure Start children's centres and sites open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network. A total of 637 centres had closed since 2010[1]. The department does not routinely collect data on the services provided by children’s centres. This data is held at a local level.</p><p>[1] Source: This is based on information supplied by local authorities on the number of children’s centres in their area to Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database about the location of <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a> and internal management information held by the department as of 31 August 2021. These figures may be different to previous answers and could change again in future since local authorities may update their data at any time. The GIAS collects data on children’s centres that local authorities have closed on a permanent basis. It does not collect data on children’s centres that local authorities may have closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 14/09/2021 15:47:10 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1305688

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2021 to Question 164550, how many (a) children’s centres and (b) children’s centre linked sites were operating in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	174925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities there were 2301 children’s centres and 699 linked sites as at 25 March 2021[1], the total numbers of children’s centres and sites each year since 2010[2] are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of children’s centres and sites<strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>3,048</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>3,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: This is based on information supplied by local authorities to the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database, which can be access here: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a>, and internal management information held by the department as of 25 March 2021. These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in future, since local authorities may update their data at any time. The GIAS collects data on children’s centres that local authorities have closed on a permanent basis. It does not collect data on children’s centres that local authorities may have closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>[2] Figures for 2010 are as at 30 April 2010. Figures for subsequent years are as at 1 January.</p><p>[3] No data is held on the date a children’s centre converts to a children’s centre linked site, therefore while a figure for the split between children’s centres and linked sites at the point a query is made can be established, it is not possible to provide a historic breakdown of this figure in previous years.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 15/04/2021 17:11:04 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1300373

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what year the first children’s centre was converted into a children’s centre linked site.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	164552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites that have closed in each local authority each year since 2009-10.[1] [2]</p><p>The legal definition of a children’s centre is set out in Part 1 of the Childcare Act 2006, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/part/1" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/part/1</a> and in the underpinning statutory guidance, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres</a>. It is up to a local authority to decide whether a centre (whether it is branded as a family hub, a children’s centre, or uses another name) should be counted as a children’s centre for data collection purposes, based on its interpretation of this definition.</p><p>The government does not hold information on the date a children’s centre converts to a children’s centre linked site.</p><p>[1] Source: This is based on information supplied by local authorities to Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a> and internal management information held by the department on historical children’s centre closure dates as of 9 March 2021. These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in future, since local authorities may update their data at any time. The GIAS collects data on children’s centres that local authorities have closed on a permanent basis. It does not collect data on children’s centres that local authorities may have closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>[2] The table sets out the number of children's centres and children's centre linked sites closed each calendar year since 30 April 2010. No data is held on the number of children's centre sites closed prior to 30 April 2010. No closures were reported in the period between 30 April 2010 and 31 December 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford grouped question UIN 164550 164551 question first answered 11/03/2021 16:17:54 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford attachment 1 file name 164550 164551 164552 - children's centre closures by local authority and year.xlsx title 164550 164551 164552 attachment
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1255298

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres are (a) open and (b) operational as at 25 November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	120784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Based on information supplied by local authorities, there were 2302 Sure Start children’s centres and 699 linked sites open as at 25 November 2020.[1]</p><p>The decision to keep children’s centres operational in response to the COVID-19 outbreak is one for local authorities. Data on the number of children’s centres that are currently operational is held at a local level.[2]</p><p> </p><p>[1] Source: Downloaded from ‘Get Information about Schools’ (GIAS) database: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a> on 26 November 2020.</p><p>[2] Local authorities are required to update their children’s centre records on a regular basis to reflect any permanent changes that they make to their children’s centre provision. However, the GIAS does not provide a facility to report temporary closures.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 01/12/2020 14:18:35 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1174394

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many designated Sure Start Children's Centres there were in each local authority in England in (a) 2015 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	9706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Since 18 September 2017, data on Sure Start children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites has been supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities[1], the attached spreadsheet provides details of the number of children’s centre sites by local authority in 2015 and 2017[2].</p><p>Councils are reconfiguring services to deliver them more efficiently. If a council decides to close a children’s centre, statutory guidance is clear that they should demonstrate that local children and families would not be adversely affected and local areas continue to have sufficient children’s centres to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The number of children’s centres is based on information supplied by local authorities as at 3 January 2020 and shows the number of children’s centre sites in each local authority at the end of the 2015 and 2017 calendar years. These figures may be different to previous answers, and could change again in future, since local authorities may update their data at any time.</p><p> </p><p>[2] The GIAS database does not hold information on the date a children’s centre converts to a children’s centre linked site therefore, while a figure for the split between children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites at the point a query is made can be established, it is not possible to provide a historic breakdown of this figure in previous years.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 03/02/2020 17:59:49 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 9706_Childrens_Centre_Numbers_2015_and_2017.xls title 9706_Table
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1172626

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many designated Sure Start Children's Centres there were in each local authority in England in (a) 2010 and (b) 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	6707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Since 18 September 2017, data on Sure Start children’s centres and children’s centre linked sites has been supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Based on the information supplied by local authorities[1], the attached spreadsheet provides details of the number of children’s centre sites by local authority in 2010 and 2019.</p><p>Councils are reconfiguring services to deliver them more efficiently. If a council decides to close a children’s centre, statutory guidance is clear that they should demonstrate that local children and families would not be adversely affected and that local areas would continue to have sufficient children’s centres to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 November 2019, the department published annual figures for the number of children’s centres from 2003 and June 2019. This data is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/844752/Number_of_Children_s_Centres_2003_to_2019_Nov2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/844752/Number_of_Children_s_Centres_2003_to_2019_Nov2019.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The number of children’s centres is based on information supplied by local authorities as at 3 January 2020. These figures may be different to previous answers and could change again in future, since local authorities may update their data at any time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 27/01/2020 17:43:45 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 6707_table_of_children_centre_numbers_in_2010_and_2019.xls title 6707_table
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1142046

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to submit data to his Department on children’s centre usage levels.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	282365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by my hon. Friend, the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi) on 20 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-17/265464/" target="_blank">265464</a>.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/09/2019 16:57:26 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner