Member

On the practicalities of his proposals, as family hubs are community-based centres funded by local authorities, they will already be included in safeguarding arrangements by proxy of the local authority as a statutory safeguarding partner. Through family hubs and the Start for Life programme, the Government have demonstrated our support, because 75 of the most deprived local authorities in England have received funding to set up family hubs with integrated start for life services. Additionally, 13 local authorities have received DfE funding to embed family hub models.