Healthy Start Scheme

(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of eligible families who claim universal credit are registered for healthy start vouchers and vitamins.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 16th October 2017

The uptake for Healthy Start vouchers in the Liverpool City region is 71%. A breakdown for the requested areas is shown in the following table:

Area

Take Up %

Halton

73%

Knowsley

72%

Liverpool

72%

Sefton

68%

St. Helens

71%

Wirral

72%

Source:

Validated but unpublished information from the Healthy Start Implementation Unit.

5,265 Universal Credit beneficiaries are currently receiving Healthy Start vouchers. This figure is not available as a proportion of the total number of eligible families who claim Universal Credit.

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