A full evaluation of the programme is expected after it concludes.
According to an independent evaluation of the programme to be published this week, it's a recipe that works.
The official evaluation of the programme launched by David Cameron has not been published because it would be embarrassing to ministers, it has been claimed.
A recent evaluation of the programme revealed that women who took part were able to share the training with others, undertake a number of key activities based on the learning from the training and adapt the model to different audiences.
This number grew to 550 in 2016, and an early evaluation of the programme shows that it has had a positive effect on the sleep patterns, and signs of anxiety and depression among those registered.
The Mayor has already claimed great success for Daedalus, although a generally positive interim evaluation of the programme on behalf of the London Criminal Justice Partnership published in March identified potential areas for improvement.
Despite the government having been accused of suppressing an unfavourable evaluation of its flagship troubled families programme, it is good news that there was even an independent evaluation of the programme in the first place.
In a statement, it said the Department of Health's advisory committee on breast cancer screening had carried out a comprehensive evaluation of the programme and found that for every 2,000 women joining it over 10 years, five lives would be prolonged.
The responses demonstrated a positive evaluation of the programme.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) oversaw the overall implementation and evaluation of the programme.
One of the conditions insisted upon by Treasury in sponsoring the Sure Start initiative was that there be a rigorous evaluation of the programme.
