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Family Hubs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she will use to decide the (a) placement and (b) funding of Best Start Family Hubs.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
16 Jul 2025
Answer
16 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria she will use to decide the (a) placement and (b) funding of Best Start Family Hubs.

  2. 16 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Ensuring every child has the best start in life and the chance to achieve and thrive is the foundation of the government’s Opportunity Mission.We will spend close to £1.5 billion over the next three years on improving family services and early years educa...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Family Hubs

9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new Family Hubs were established by the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme scheme in 2022 by council area.

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Family Hubs: Finance

9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many existing Family Hubs received funding through the 2022 Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme scheme by council area.

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Family Hubs: Finance

9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Hubs and Start for Life Programme 2022, what criteria was used to allocate funding to establish new Family Hubs.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Family Hubs: Finance

9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what criteria she plans to allocate funding for the new Best Start Family Hubs; and whether this differs from the criteria for the Hubs and Start for Life Programme 2022.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children's Centres and Family Hubs

9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) family hubs and (b) former Sure Start children centres are in operation in each council area.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Education: Standards

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including a national enrichment guarantee in the enrichment framework.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Education: Standards

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of enrichment activities on children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Education: Standards

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the minimum beneficial amount of enrichment activity for children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Family Hubs

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Best Start Family Hubs on the early identification of SEN amongst children.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Family Hubs

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of Best Start Family Hubs on (a) children’s development and (b) educational outcomes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Family Hubs

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which services are set to be delivered by the Government’s new Best Start Family Hubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sure Start Programme

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what lessons her Department has learned from the preceding roll out of (a) Sure Start Sure Start Local Programmes and (b) Sure Start Children’s Centres.