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1535301

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2022 to Question 140359 on Healthy Start Scheme, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of recent trends in inflation on the effectiveness of Healthy Start scheme vouchers; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	69486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 02/11/2022 11:54:07 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1535302

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2022 to Question 140359 on Healthy Start Scheme, what plans she has to increase the value of Healthy Start scheme vouchers in line with inflation; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	69487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>While there are no current plans to increase the value of Healthy Start, this is kept under continuous review. In April 2021 the value of the Healthy Start increased from £3.10 to £4.25, providing additional support to pregnant women and families on lower incomes to make healthy food choices. Due to the increase, eligible families with children aged under one year old receive £8.50 compared to £6.20 previously.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson grouped question UIN 69491 question first answered 27/10/2022 11:51:59 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1535305

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beneficiaries who were previously receiving Healthy Start paper vouchers have not yet re-enrolled via the new online registration system.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	69488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority estimate that as of 13 November 2022 there were 38,089 households which previously were in receipt of paper vouchers which have not successfully applied to the NHS Healthy Start prepaid card scheme. At the same date there were 131,658 households on the prepaid card scheme which were not previously in receipt of paper vouchers.</p><p>As of March 2022, uptake of the Healthy Start scheme was estimated to be 72%, higher than the 55% uptake in March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 30/11/2022 12:46:15 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1535313

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the value of Healthy Start payments to keep them in line with the current high levels of food price inflation; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	69491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>While there are no current plans to increase the value of Healthy Start, this is kept under continuous review. In April 2021 the value of the Healthy Start increased from £3.10 to £4.25, providing additional support to pregnant women and families on lower incomes to make healthy food choices. Due to the increase, eligible families with children aged under one year old receive £8.50 compared to £6.20 previously.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson grouped question UIN 69487 question first answered 27/10/2022 11:51:59 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1441439

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of people taking part in the Healthy Start scheme following the digitisation of that scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	140356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is currently transferring Healthy Start beneficiaries from the paper voucher scheme to the digital scheme. Once the transition process is complete, further data will be made available. As of 16 March 2022, there were 311,972 successful applications to the digital scheme.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/03/2022 14:50:53 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1441440

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of existing beneficiaries of the Healthy Start scheme did not complete an application for a prepaid card and are no longer be able to receive Healthy Start; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	140357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>As of 16 March 2022, the NHS Business Service Authority estimates there were 72,597 households remaining on the paper voucher scheme yet to successfully transition to the digital scheme.</p><p>This is an estimate based on the number of households on the paper voucher scheme on 17 February 2022 and the successful applications to the digital scheme since this date, therefore the information requested as a percentage is not available.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 28/03/2022 14:47:37 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1441444

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the impact of inflation on the effectiveness of the Healthy Start scheme to provide adequate funding for purchase of food and milk.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	140359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>In April 2021, the value of the Healthy Start benefit was raised from £3.10 to £4.25 per week, providing additional support to pregnant women and families on lower incomes to make healthy food choices. The Healthy Start scheme is kept under continuous review although there are no current plans to increase the value of the Healthy Start benefit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 22/03/2022 17:50:26 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1434325

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of beneficiaries of the Healthy Start scheme (a) before and (b) after the digitisation of that scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	127258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is currently transferring the Healthy Start Scheme from the Healthy Start Issuing Unit. Once completed, the number of beneficiaries on the digital scheme will be made available. Prior to the transfer process, there were 346,754 beneficiaries on the Healthy Start paper voucher scheme.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 02/03/2022 10:15:58 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1434326

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many online applications to the Healthy Start scheme have been rejected; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	127259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority does not collect this data.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 28/02/2022 09:42:52 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1434327

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether information on the uptake of the Healthy Start scheme by (a) region and (b) local authority will be published online; and when the next progress report by the NHS Business Services Authority will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	127260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is currently transferring the Healthy Start Scheme from the Healthy Start Issuing Unit. Once completed, data will be made available by region and local authority. The NHS Business Service Authority do not publish progress reports.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 02/03/2022 10:17:48 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas