A report published yesterday (17 July) by Parliament's Public AccountsCommittee has built on findings by the National Audit Office showingthat many children's centres have been slow to set up partnerships withhealth and employment services and many have not proactively sought outthe most disadvantaged families.
"Parents are generally happy with the services that are provided, butsmaller ethnic minority communities, single fathers and children withspecial needs are less well served," MPs on the committee concluded intheir Sure Start Children's Centres report.
Conservative MP Edward Leigh, chair of the committee, said: "Action isneeded on three fronts: commitment of all the partners so centres do notfail because one partner does not play its part; effective management,to build services families want to use and make them sustainable; andfocus, so that the services really do reach the most disadvantagedfamilies."
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