Despite high satisfaction ratings, the government's pilot scheme of giving vouchers for parenting classes to parents of children under five was labelled a flop.
By the end of the two-year trial period from 2012 to 2014, just 2,956 parents had taken part in Can Parent, significantly lower than the 20,000 parents the Department for Education had targeted to reach. Whereas it predicted a 40 per cent take-up rate, only six per cent of those eligible participated.
Less than two years after the scheme ended, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced the government plans to look again at the potential for another voucher scheme for parenting classes as part of a £35m investment in the new Life Chances strategy to tackle child poverty.
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