Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31731

Healthy Start Scheme

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of auto-enrolling all eligible families to the Healthy Start programme.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The Healthy Start 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 the cost of, fruit, vegetables, pulses, ...

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