You may find the following sites useful for additional information:

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Sure Start

Womans Hour feature on the Kraamzorg early intervention scheme in the Netherlands

Talk to your baby

The National Childbirth Trust

Families, Children and Child Care study (FCCC)

Parents as first teachers

Stepping Stones for Families

Mother At Work

BBC: What happened to Romania's orphans?

4Children

Young Minds