Question follow-through · 112865
Family Hubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of distribution of Best Start Family Hubs across local authorities; and how much funding is expected to be allocated to Eastleigh.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of distribution of Best Start Family Hubs across local authorities; and how much funding is expected to be allocated to Eastleigh.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2026
Answer published
The department has set a clear ambition for 70% of hubs to be in the 30% most disadvantaged areas. From April we will be rolling out hubs nationally meaning that they will be in every single local authority by 2028. We are setting a clear expectation that...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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