Downing Street Says » Troubled families

» Monday, June 11, 2012

Troubled families

Asked how many troubled families there were in Britain, the PMS said there were around 120,000. She said what was important was that the Government has a pledge to turn these lives around. Put to her that the figure being cited was a ten year-old one from the Cabinet Office, and asked why did Whitehall carry on using it, she said it was an approximate figure, around 120,000, but what was important was that initiatives were being put in place to address the issue.

Asked how the Cabinet Office came up with the figure, she said speak to the Department for Communities and Local Government who were leading on this issue. Asked if there were any plans to update the figure, she said what was important was that the Government was committed to turning around the lives of troubled families because of the huge burden on public spending which was estimated to be around 9bn, that was around 750,000 per family.

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