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Sure Start Programme: First Aid

Volume 493: debated on Wednesday 3 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make it his policy to ensure that all Sure Start children's centres offer first aid training to new parents. (272495)

Local authorities, working with NHS and Job Centre Plus partners, are responsible for planning and delivering services in Sure Start children's centres. Parenting and family support services, including support for new parents, are tailored to respond to needs in the local area. Our Sure Start children's centres practice guidance makes clear that children's centres should be offering a range of interventions to all parents to help reduce the risk of accidents. Examples include: advising parents on the stages of infant development and the implications for accident and injury prevention; and offering education awareness campaigns on accident and injury avoidance.