Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10508
Healthy Start Scheme
Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024
Question
Kim Johnson
Labour — Liverpool 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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