Question follow-through · 109302

Family Hubs: Sutton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when funding for Start for Life services will be confirmed for Sutton Council; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the absence of such funding on support for babies and new p

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
25 Feb 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when funding for Start for Life services will be confirmed for Sutton Council; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the absence of such funding on support for babies and new p

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The 10-Year Health Plan sets out an ambitious agenda on how we will improve the nation’s health by creating a new model of care that is fit for the future.We recognise that local authorities such as Sutton Council are ambitious, seeking to deliver univers...

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