PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Healthy Start Scheme: Finance (2 June 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the Healthy Start scheme in each of the next three financial years.
Asked by:
Andrew Western (Labour)
Asked by:
Andrew Western (Labour)
Answer
Healthy Start is a demand-led scheme and spending on the scheme varies each year. The amount of funds provided to the Department for Healthy Start each year is based on forecasts of the number of families on the scheme, with the Department managing actual spend within its overall budget.
Answered by:
Neil O'Brien (Conservative)
8 June 2023
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