Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10508

Healthy Start Scheme

Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing auto-enrolment for Healthy Start.

Answer

The Healthy Start scheme is being kept under review. The scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children under four years old from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards t...

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