The Government anticipated that around 1,000 couples would be eligible for the pilot during its first year, but nine months into the project just 47 couples have taken part. The drop-out rate has also been high; only half have stayed the course. It appears that the project isn't attracting enough couples, or making enough of a difference, to justify a national rollout.
Nevertheless, it would be wrong to jump to such conclusions so soon.
The whole point of a pilot is to learn lessons. And they won't be obvious until a thorough evaluation is completed by researchers at the University of East Anglia early next year.
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