Leadsom, who is early years adviser to ministers, has been heavily involved in parts of the programme which will benefit children for the first 1,001 days from conception to two years old.
Family hubs, which are being rolled-out across 75 local authorities, are set to centralise services including midwifery and health visitor support as well as support for young people aged up to 18 or 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities.
Speaking in a pre-recorded interview aired at CYP Now’s Early Help Conference in central London on Wednesday (27 September), Leadsom said: “The estate, as in the buildings is perhaps one of the biggest stumbling blocks - if you’ve got a lots of rooms in halls or tiny that don’t lend themselves to becoming family hubs and you want some big buildings to be family hubs.”
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