Children's Centres

(asked on 25th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres are (a) open and (b) operational as at 25 November 2020.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 1st December 2020

Based on information supplied by local authorities, there were 2302 Sure Start children’s centres and 699 linked sites open as at 25 November 2020.[1]

The decision to keep children’s centres operational in response to the COVID-19 outbreak is one for local authorities. Data on the number of children’s centres that are currently operational is held at a local level.[2]

[1] Source: Downloaded from ‘Get Information about Schools’ (GIAS) database: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk on 26 November 2020.

[2] Local authorities are required to update their children’s centre records on a regular basis to reflect any permanent changes that they make to their children’s centre provision. However, the GIAS does not provide a facility to report temporary closures.

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