Question follow-through · 118170
Parents: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of whether evidentiary requirements attached to parenting interventions in the Best Start Family Hubs programme affect the ability of local authorities to commission pare
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of whether evidentiary requirements attached to parenting interventions in the Best Start Family Hubs programme affect the ability of local authorities to commission pare
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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12 Mar 2026
Answer published
The department is clear that local authorities should commission parenting programmes with a strong and credible evidence base, ensuring families receive support that improves outcomes and increases the proportion of children achieving a good level of dev...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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