Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71091

Healthy Start Scheme

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider increasing the value of Healthy Start vouchers for children from birth to one year old to meet the average cost of baby formula.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Healthy Start is a demand-led, statutory scheme and aims to support those in greatest need. An assessment was recently made of the adequacy of the value of Healthy Start funding and it was announced in Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan that we will ...

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