Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5725

Nutrition: Children

Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 8 October 2024

Question

Mr Connor Rand

LabourAltrincham and Sale West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the dietary health of young children from financially deprived backgrounds.

Answer

The Government is committed to creating the healthiest generation of children ever, as set out in our Child Health Action Plan. The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children unde...

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