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date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sure Start Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 29 April (HL3846), what plans they have to (1) roll out Family Hubs to the remaining 242 local authorities, and (2) sustain the funding for the Family Hubs programme beyond 2025.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
uin	HL4339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The department is currently investing around £300 million in 75 local authorities, half of all upper tier local authorities in England, to transform to a Family Hub model. Funding has been targeted to the most deprived local authorities, ensuring families get the support they need.</p><p>The department has also invested in a £12 million transformation fund to open Family Hubs in 13 additional local authorities in England.</p><p>All 88 local authorities now have opened at least one Family Hub, with over 400 government-funded Family Hub sites now open across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Further funding for the current programmes is dependent on future fiscal events. It was confirmed at Spring Budget that the next spending review will come after a General Election, the timing of which is still to be determined.</p><p>The government would like to see Family Hubs across the country, but it is crucial that the department now focuses on delivering well in these local authorities and building the evidence base.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 17/05/2024 13:57:10 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1701615

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sure Start Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Institute for Fiscal Studies report The short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on educational outcomes, published on 9 April, which found that access to a Sure Start centre in early years increased the early identification of a special educational need or disability and reduced the need for an Education, Health and Care Plan in later years, what steps they are taking to incorporate lessons from the Sure Start programme in their (1) Family Hubs policy, and (2) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
uin	HL3846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The department welcomes the latest research from the Institute of Fiscal Studies on the impact of Sure Start. The family hub model builds on what was learned from Sure Start as well as on wider external evidence of the long-term benefits of early intervention. The model includes at its core the Start for Life offer with a prominent focus on babies and young children, encouraging engagement with the very youngest and their parents and including targeted services for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). It enables early identification of additional needs through integrated and connected service offers and provides funding for workforce training to better identify and respond to need in a co-ordinated way.</p><p>Family hubs bring together services for children of all ages and so respond to the needs of the whole family. The government is investing approximately £300 million across 75 local authorities to embed the family hub approach and enhance Start for Life services across the country for families with children aged 0-19 years, and or up to 25 years for those with SEND. On 10 January 2024, the government announced that every one of the 75 local authorities in the family hubs and Start for Life programme have now opened family hubs, creating a welcoming place where families can be connected to a wide range of services.</p><p>The department has developed guidance for participating local authorities. The Programme Guidance includes expectations on the support available to families who have children with SEND, in line with the recommendations in the SEND and alternative provision (AP) green paper. This includes staff in the family hub being knowledgeable about local SEND services and able to connect families to appropriate support – this could include for example SEND-appropriate parenting programmes, peer support for parents, short breaks, support for siblings or specialist health services. The Programme Guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-hubs-and-start-for-life-programme-local-authority-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-hubs-and-start-for-life-programme-local-authority-guide</a>.</p><p>Last year, the department also published its SEND and AP Improvement Plan to outline its plans to ensure children and young people across England get high-quality, early support wherever they live in the country. This includes new national SEND and AP standards which will help families understand what support every child or young person should be receiving from early years through to further education.</p><p>The department is also funding training of up to 7,000 early years special educational needs co-ordinators who will learn how to identify and assess SEND and implement effective support so that children get the early support they deserve at the right time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 29/04/2024 12:20:50 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1640232

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sure Start Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many children in England are eligible to receive support from the Sure Start programme; and what percentage this represents of the relevant age cohort.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL8121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The government does not set budgets or eligibility criteria for Sure Start children’s centres in England. English local authorities have a duty under section 5A of the Childcare Act 2006 to ensure there are sufficient children’s centres to meet the needs of local families. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/5A" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/5A</a>.</p><p>Decisions on how best to meet the needs of the local population, including which children and families receive support, are for the council concerned.</p><p>Funding for children's services, including children's centres, gives local authorities the freedom to decide how best to target their resources and respond flexibly to local need. Local authorities must meet their children’s centre statutory duties through the funding made available via the local government finance settlement. Local authorities report actual and planned expenditure on children’s services, including children’s centres, through annual returns, which can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance</a>. In addition, other government funding, such as that for public health, adult skills training and the Supporting Families programme may also be used locally to support services delivered wholly, or in part, though children’s centres.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL8120 HL8122 question first answered 07/06/2023 12:19:28 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1640233

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sure Start Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand eligibility for the Sure Start programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL8122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The government does not set budgets or eligibility criteria for Sure Start children’s centres in England. English local authorities have a duty under section 5A of the Childcare Act 2006 to ensure there are sufficient children’s centres to meet the needs of local families. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/5A" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21/section/5A</a>.</p><p>Decisions on how best to meet the needs of the local population, including which children and families receive support, are for the council concerned.</p><p>Funding for children's services, including children's centres, gives local authorities the freedom to decide how best to target their resources and respond flexibly to local need. Local authorities must meet their children’s centre statutory duties through the funding made available via the local government finance settlement. Local authorities report actual and planned expenditure on children’s services, including children’s centres, through annual returns, which can be found here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data#local-authority-and-school-finance</a>. In addition, other government funding, such as that for public health, adult skills training and the Supporting Families programme may also be used locally to support services delivered wholly, or in part, though children’s centres.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL8120 HL8121 question first answered 07/06/2023 12:19:28 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme