Healthy Start Scheme
(asked on 1st May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 135676 on Healthy Start Scheme, how many families were in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers in those local authority areas.
The number of families in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers in the local authority areas with the lowest and highest Heathy Start uptake rates can be seen in the following table:
Local Authority | Number of households | Local Authority | Number of households |
Lowest take up |
| Highest take up |
|
Devon | 1,584 | Hartlepool | 572 |
Hampshire | 2,728 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1,442 |
Hertfordshire | 2,731 | Halton | 448 |
Surrey | 1,887 | Bath and North East Somerset | 263 |
Bracknell Forest | 201 | Redcar and Cleveland | 1,045 |
Redbridge | 761 | Northumberland | 1,279 |
Rutland | 33 | Gateshead | 1,043 |
Buckinghamshire | 1,032 | Stockton-on-Tees | 1,223 |
Wokingham | 182 | Swindon | 620 |
Windsor and Maidenhead | 193 | Nottingham | 2,867 |
Note: Validated but unpublished information on Healthy Start vouchers from an approved statistical collection.