In early 2003, the Family Policy Unit (FmPU) of the Home Office commissioned the independent Policy Research Bureau (PRB) to carry out a review of the evaluation literature and evidence on effective practice -'what works' -in interventions to support parenting.Following the machinery of government changes in June 2003, the review was completed working to what became the Families Division in the Department for Education and Skills.In the last twenty years, the literature in this field has grown from a trickle to a flood: our search of formally published and peer-reviewed documents alone (ie, not including a vast 'grey' literature of evaluation reports and practice summaries) revealed several thousands of potentially relevant papers and books.Our brief was to sort systematically through this huge literature, chart the key findings in a standardised form, and distil out the overarching messages in a succinct and accessible way -all to be achieved within a little over six months.Not surprisingly, we have found this to be a challenging, if very rewarding, task.We are grateful to a number of colleague organisations within the UK parenting support field who helped us locate some of the less visible research literature, including the Parenting Education and Support Forum and many service providers too numerous to list here.A number of expert reviewers provided valuable comments on the draft report to a tight timetable, including Dr Jane Barlow (University of Warwick), Professor
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