Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the £50 million granted to parenting programmes in the Spending Review will be spent; and what proportion of that funding will be spent on (a) face-to-face services and (b) digital support.

On 2 April the department announced the 75 local authorities eligible to receive funding under the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. This announcement can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/infants-children-and-families-to-benefit-from-boost-in-support.

This programme, jointly overseen by the Department for Education and Department for Health and Social Care, includes the £50 million allocated for parenting programmes at the Spending Review. Officials are currently engaging with the nominated local authorities on programme design and further details will be announced in due course.