School Milk
Commons · Question 115404 · Tabled 24 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the free school milk entitlement through the Nursery Milk Scheme to the end of the academic year in which a child turns five.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Mar 2026
The Nursery Milk Scheme (NMS) is a statutory scheme which allows early years childcare settings to reclaim the cost of providing one-third of a pint of milk per day to children under the age of five years old who attend a setting for two or more hours per...