Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the recommendations of the Inter Ministerial Group on early years family support have been agreed by his Department; and what further steps he has taken to improve early years family support.

We recognise the impact of adverse childhood experiences and the importance of a stable, safe and supportive early years for children. The department is therefore pleased to have been involved in the work of the EYFS Ministerial Group.

The Group has considered how the Government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years (conception to age 2) family support and bolster local provision. The group has now made recommendations to Secretaries of State which will be considered in due course.