Written questions

School Milk

2026-06-23 · Department of Health and Social Care · 12805 · Official question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending free school milk provision until the end of the Reception year on (a) child nutrition, (b) oral health outcomes and (c) health inequ

Answer

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...