Families: Disadvantaged

(asked on 26th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to increase the funding available for family support and preventative services.


Answered by
Baroness Berridge Portrait
Baroness Berridge
This question was answered on 11th March 2020

the government is providing councils with an additional £1 billion for adult and children's social care in every year of this parliament. This is on top of the continuation of the £410 million social care grant next year. Funding for children’s social care is not ringfenced, allowing councils to spend based on local need and priorities, including on family support and preventative services.

This government has also made a commitment to continuing and improving the Troubled Families Programme. £165 million has already been made available for the Programme to be extended in 2020-21. This will ensure that more families get access to the vital early support they need to overcome complex problems such as anti-social behaviour, mental health issues and domestic abuse.

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