Implementing Sure Start Policy
Title | Implementing Sure Start Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Xiongwei Song |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2018-02-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9811017956 |
In 1997, the Labour Government came to power in the UK and committed to reforming public service delivery, particularly towards the improvement of children’s services. This book analyses Labour Party’s subsequent strategy towards public service delivery emphasising, on one level, devolving more power to frontline deliverers, while on the other, strengthening central control through a variety of means, leading to a ‘mixed-approach’ in its overall reforms. The book focuses on the implementation process involved in rolling out its Sure Start policy in order to understand and analyse the dynamics in Labour’s approach to delivery. In so-doing, it draws on implementation and policy network theories to offer an original analytical framework - ‘the implementation network approach’ - to explain the implementation process of Sure Start policy. This book will be undoubtedly appealing to the students and scholars engaged in the fields of Public Policy and British Politics.
Implementing Sure Start Children’s Centres
Title | Implementing Sure Start Children’s Centres PDF eBook |
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Release | 2014 |
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Sure Start children's centres
Title | Sure Start children's centres PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Children, Schools and Families Committee |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2010-03-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780215545398 |
Incorporating HC 799-i and ii, session 2008-09
Sure Start children's centres
Title | Sure Start children's centres PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain: National Audit Office |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 50 |
Release | 2006-12-19 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780102944136 |
The Government launched the Sure Start programme in 1998 to help give the best start in life for every child, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, by bringing together early education, childcare, health and family support services. From April 2006, local authorities have been responsible for managing the programme for their area and decide whether to do so directly or to contract out management to a private or voluntary provider, whilst the DfES issues guidance to local authorities and monitors performance. The first 800 centres were located in the most deprived areas, but the Government has pledged to create a children's centre for every community by 2010, around 3,500 in all, committing £3.2 billion of funds until 2008. Children's centres also have income from various other sources including grants and fees for childcare charged to parents. This NAO report focuses on the capacity of the centres set up by September 2005 and the performance of responsible local authorities in delivering value for money through sound financial management, in reaching the most disadvantaged families, and in monitoring their performance effectively. It finds that good progress is being made although the full effectiveness of the centres will be measurable only in the long term. The centres are valued by most of the families who use them, although the early signs are that more still needs to be done to reach and support some of the most excluded groups. The costs of centres and activities vary widely, and local authorities and centres that the NAO visited need to understand their costs better and assess whether they were using their funds cost-effectively.
Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes
Title | Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes PDF eBook |
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Pages | 129 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Children |
ISBN | 9781844784981 |
House of Commons - Education Committee: Foundation Years: Sure Start Children's Centres - HC 346-II
Title | House of Commons - Education Committee: Foundation Years: Sure Start Children's Centres - HC 346-II PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2014-01-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780215066022 |
Incorporating HC 852-i and ii, Session 2012-13. Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/educom. Incorrect paper number 346-II printed on document
The National Evaluation of Sure Start
Title | The National Evaluation of Sure Start PDF eBook |
Author | Belsky, Jay |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2007-11-21 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9781861349491 |
Following 5 years of systemic research exploring the efficacy and impact of Sure Start Local Programmes, this book pulls together, in a single volume, the results of the extensive National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS).