Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Family Hubs and the Start for Life programme, what proportion of the £100 million allocated for bespoke parent-infant relationship and perinatal mental health support has been spent as of 16 December 2022.

The three-year Family Hubs and Start for Life programme launched on 8 August 2022. Of the £100 million investment, we plan to distribute approximately £92.8 million to the 75 local authorities participating in the programme. Local authorities receive the initial allocation at the time of joining, with further payments released across the three years.

The remaining funding will be used for national initiatives to support local delivery. This includes training programmes for evidence-based parent-infant relationship interventions to improve staff capability and a ‘national centre for supervision’ that will enable practitioners to access high quality clinical supervision.