Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides funding to programmes that aim to support children from broken families.

At Autumn Budget, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an extra £410 million to address pressures on social care services, along with £84 million over 5 years to support up to 20 local authorities to improve their social work practice and decision-making, enabling them to work more effectively with the most vulnerable children and their families.

This builds on the £200 billion government has already made available to councils up to 2020 to provide services in the best interests of local residents, including those for children and young people.

The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the Spending Review.