Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 197437
Healthy Start Scheme
Tabled: 4 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023
Named DayQuestion
Emma Lewell
Labour — South Shields
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 188559 on Healthy Start Scheme, for what reason Departmental forecasts on numbers of beneficiaries and uptake of the Healthy Start scheme are not
Answer
Neil O'BrienWhile the Department forecasts the numbers of beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme, the forecasts are updated frequently and are not centrally validated. As a result, these internal forecasts are not released in the public domain.