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Children's Centres

Asked by Tom HayesLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 10 September 2025UIN 72743

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of awareness of the Sure Start brand on take up of services by Sure Start Children's Centres.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

The Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents 2024, published in July 2025, includes the latest data on the awareness and take up of family hubs and children’s centres. The data is available under section 5: Home Learning environment, family hubs and children’s centres (tables 6.13 to 6.16), which is accessible at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents/2024.

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