Access to Children's Centres, Family Hubs and Parenting Support Across Local Authorities in England - Find a freedom of information request

1. How many children used children's centres, family hubs, and children and family centres in your local authority, in each of the following financial years?

If you record both face-to-face and digital reach, please specify the figures for each separately if possible.

By 'use', we mean received any specified service or participated in at least one class or session, delivered by the centre or hub on site or at an alternative site operated by the centre or hub.

The total for each financial year should only count a child once even if they used centres or hubs on multiple occasions within a single financial year.

By 'children' we mean people aged 18 and under.

a. 2011/121

b. 2018/19

c. 2019/20

d. 2020/21

e. 2021/22

2. How many of these children in each year were aged five or under?

a. 2011/12

b. 2018/19

c. 2019/20

d. 2020/21

e. 2021/22

3. How many parents/carers used children's centres, family hubs, and children and family centres in your local authority, in each of the following financial years?

If you record both face-to-face and digital reach, please specify the figures for each separately if possible.

We're requesting data from 2011/12 in order to compare against more recent years.

By 'use', we mean received any specified service or participated in at least one class or session, delivered by the centre or hub on site or at an alternative site operated by the centre or hub.

The total for each financial year should only count a parent/carer once even if they used centres or hubs on multiple occasions within a single financial year.

a. 2011/12

b. 2018/19

c. 2019/20

d. 2020/21

e. 2021/22

4. How many parents/carers used baby and toddler groups (such as Stay and Play, messy play, music and movement groups, story and rhyme groups) in your local authority in the following financial years?

If you record both face-to-face and digital reach, please specify the figures for each separately if possible.

By 'use' we mean participated in at least one session. The total for each financial year should only count a parent/carer once even if they accessed sessions on multiple occasions within a single financial year.

If you don't know, please explain why.

a. 2011/12

b. 2018/19

c. 2019/20

d. 2020/21

e. 2021/22

5. How many parents/carers used parenting programmes in your local authority in the following financial years?

If you record both face-to-face and digital reach, please specify the figures for each separately if possible.

By 'use' we mean participated in at least one session. The total for each financial year should only count a parent/carer once even if they accessed sessions on multiple occasions within a single financial year.

If you don't know, please explain why.

a. 2011/12

b. 2018/19

c. 2019/20

d. 2020/21

e. 2021/22

Please see the response detailed on the attached document.

If you would like to see a copy of this attachment, please request it from CustomerInformationService@lincolnshire.gov.uk quoting the reference number 4111805.