Question follow-through · 64686

Sure Start Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' report entitled The short- and medium-term effects of Sure Start on children’s outcomes,

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
4 Jul 2025
Answer
9 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' report entitled The short- and medium-term effects of Sure Start on children’s outcomes,

  2. 4 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Institute for Fiscal Studies' report offers interesting insight into parental employment support provided through Sure Start. We will consider the findings and reflect on learning as part of DWPs key strategic aims. The Department is actively engaged ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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