39. The Government accepts these recommendations. We are making significant investment in the Start for Life offer. This includes over £500m of investment to transform services for babies, children and families as part of the Spending Review (SR) 2021 announcements. We are continuing to champion Family Hubs as a place for parents to go with their children to access help. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are leading a new cross-government Start for Life Unit (SFLU) with experts from across government. The SFLU will provide evidence-based guidance to help local authorities to implement a high-quality Start for Life offer and publish a national evaluation framework to drive continuous improvement. We have announced that 75 areas will receive funding to help them to open or expand Family Hubs, giving more parents access to joined-up and extensive support services. 40. Family Hubs are an essential part of the Government’s vision for improving outcomes for children and families. They provide a ‘one stop shop’ for families, offering a range of holistic services from midwifery to mental health support, to parenting programmes and early language support. This includes services focused on early years health development, such as breastfeeding support and perinatal mental health support for parents. 41. We published the independent Early Years Healthy Development Review, The Best Start for Life: A Vision for the 1,001 Critical Days, in March 2021. This provides a clear vision for cross-government action needed to give every baby the best start for life. The vision sets out six action areas for implementation by local areas and recommends the implementation of a ‘Start for Life offer’ that works for families from pre-birth to 2. This includes services in the areas of health, care, and education. We will deliver the recommendations of the review through the new Start for Life Unit within the Department of Health and Social Care, which will drive implementation of the vision through local authority-led Family Hubs. 42. We accept that children need support now, and that is why we have accelerated the roll out of family hubs with the £14 million investment to establish the National Centre for Family Hubs, which will provide comprehensive support to local authorities to develop their Family Hubs as quickly as possible. We expect that areas with existing Family Hubs will expand their provision and that those without will develop new Hubs. 43. The National Centre for Family Hubs launched in July 2021 and is a central resource for all local authorities to access guidance and tools to develop their Family Hubs offer. The Centre will offer a range of comprehensive resources including guidance, toolkits, training, and tailored advice for local areas developing family hubs. The National Centre will publish an initial framework of services for local authorities to use to assess their local needs and service offer and to plan for development. This framework will be reviewed and updated regularly in collaboration with local authorities and other experts. The National Centre for Family Hubs will actively support local areas to engage their communities and promote their services to families, including through their Early Language and Communication and Parenting and Family programmes. 44. To ensure that services are joined-up effectively, the National Centre for Family Hubs will actively promote models of co-location, co-delivery, and integration across services and will ensure that the voice of parents, carers, and young people is heard and used to inform services. 45. The National Centre for Family Hubs will use learning from the Early Years Healthy Development Review to support local areas to ensure there is a ‘Start for Life offer’ in all Family Hubs. The National Centre for Family Hubs is working closely with the Best Start for Life Unit within DHSC to ensure its work supports local areas to implement the recommendations of the review, including exploring the idea of a ‘key contact’ for all families to provide tailored, holistic support. 46. The National Centre for Family Hubs will work with local authorities to help them to establish relationships with a diverse range of local community organisations (including schools, the voluntary and community sector and youth services) to ensure that Family Hubs are well-integrated into local communities and that families can access the full range of support and services. The Centre will also offer guidance to local areas on identifying existing assets within the community that can be leveraged to establish or expand their Family Hubs, ensuring that local areas are not ‘reinventing the wheel’ but making the best use of existing community resources. 47. Local authorities are responsible for promoting universal and non-stigmatising access to services. The National Centre for Family Hubs will support local authorities to promote their Family Hub offer to all families within their a