Question follow-through · 66393

Family Hubs

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.

answeredDepartment for Education

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 16 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    On 25 January 2024, the government published a list of family hubs which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-family-hub-sites. 75 local authorities have received joint funding from the department and the Department of Hea...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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