The role of helping local authorities to plan and develop centres is tobe moved from staff in England's nine regional government offices to anexternal contractor. The move prompted concern that expertise will belost and the programme disrupted (Children Now, 5-11 July).
But the minister told Children Now she did not think there would bedelays or disruption.
"Over the next four years we've got the bulk of our commitment in termsof numbers of children's centres, so it's going to be a very demandingtime for local authorities, health and their partners working togetherto bring those children's centres on line," she said.
"We felt we needed to develop a way of giving a very tailored service toindividual local authorities whose plans and local circumstances areactually quite different."
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