Just how effective has the government's Sure Start children's centres programme been? The Children, Schools and Families Select Committee has launched an inquiry to tackle this perennial but fundamental question. Professionals have one month left to respond.
Committee chairman Barry Sheerman says that after more than 11 years in operation the centres should be able to demonstrate some tangible outcomes.
Specifically, the inquiry is looking to gauge how well children's centres are responding to deprivation in England, and how well they are helping to promote early childhood development. The inquiry will also examine the sustainability of centres - anxiety is rife in some areas since funding for children's centres will no longer be ringfenced from 2010.
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