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Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the Start for Life programme to (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) other local authorities that do not r

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
17 Jan 2025
Answer
20 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the Start for Life programme to (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) other local authorities that do not r

  2. 17 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Prime Minister’s Plan for Change outlined that there will be investment to continue to build up the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. In 2025/26, this investment will fund the 75 local authorities in England with high levels of deprivation tha...

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