Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide funding for Family Hubs in Slough.

The government would like to see family hubs across the country. However, it is crucial that the department focusses on delivering well and building the evidence in the 87 local areas we are working with through the current family hubs transformation programmes. Through the programme, the government is investing around £300 million in areas with the highest levels of disadvantage and disproportionately poor health and educational outcomes. The evidence and learning from this investment will help to improve services across England where they are most needed.

All local authorities in England, including Slough, are able to access expert advice, guidance and resources from the National Centre for Family Hubs in order to support the implementation of family hubs. Further information can be found here: https://www.nationalcentreforfamilyhubs.org.uk/. Some local authorities are already operating their own family hubs, using existing funding streams to move their local service model towards a family hub model. Additional family hubs funding for local areas would be subject to future spending decisions.