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Children's Centres

Asked by Tom HayesLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 10 September 2025UIN 72737

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many former Sure Start children’s centres are no longer operated by local authorities and have been transferred into the third sector.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

The department does not hold data on how many former Sure Start children’s centres are operated by the third sector.

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