Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8469

Nutrition: Low Incomes

Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 17 October 2024

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) access to and (b) affordability of (i) fruit and (ii) vegetables for families living on low incomes in Lambeth.

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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