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Healthy Start Scheme: Expenditure

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 46882

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial year.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The Department spent £86,382,173 on the Healthy Start scheme in 2023/24. Audited data on the Department’s spend on the Healthy Start scheme for the 2024/25 financial year is not yet available.

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