Parents

Mrs. Cryer
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to improve the provision of advice, information and support to parents with particular reference to material in languages other than English.

Kevin Brennan
Access to information empowers parents. Local authorities already provide information on child care to parents and the Childcare Act 2006 extends the requirement to a wider range of information from April 2008. Authorities decide how and in what languages to provide information but we expect them to meet the needs of local parents. We are investing £34 million in our new Parent Know How information service which will begin operating from April 2008.