Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 183168

Social Services: Families

Tabled: 27 April 2023

Answered: 5 May 2023

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with parental responsibilities are aware of family support services available to them.

Answer

Neil O'Brien

Parental awareness of family support involves a wide range of local authority and National Health Service commissioned services. The Department supports the ambition that all families have access to information they need to care for their own health and wellbeing, which is set out in for example, the Family Hub & Start for Life programme guide, available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1096786/Family_Hubs_and_Start_for_Life_programme_guide.pdf

and ‘Best Start in Life and Beyond’ commissioning guidance, available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/969168/Commissioning_guide_1.pdf