Healthy Start Scheme
Commons · Question 31731 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
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
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 28 Feb 2025
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, ...