Susanna Williams, the Sure Start programme manager at Erewash, approached the minister at a social care conference last week to impress upon her that Sure Start centres should be working for the whole community.
But Williams said that they were concerned that the emerging children's centres, which are set to subsume many Sure Start programmes, had too narrow a focus.
Hodge told Williams that she understood the concerns and hoped to address them as part of future guidance.
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