Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 72737

Children's Centres

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many former Sure Start children’s centres are no longer operated by local authorities and have been transferred into the third sector.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department does not hold data on how many former Sure Start children’s centres are operated by the third sector.