Sarah Russell MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

  • Healthy Start Scheme: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52530More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the annual cost to the public purse of the Healthy Start scheme; and what proportion of this cost is attributed to (a) administration and (b) payments to families.

    Answer: Healthy Start is a demand led scheme, and therefore, the cost of the scheme differs from year to year. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) delivers the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. In the financial year 2023/24, the cost to t...

    Answered 22 May 2025

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  • Healthy Start Scheme: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52529More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate how many four year-olds live in families that would be eligible for Healthy Start vouchers had their child not become ineligible on their fourth birthday.

    Answer: The Healthy Start scheme helps to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children under four years old from low-income households. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Depa...

    Answered 22 May 2025

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  • Healthy Start Scheme: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52528More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children live in families eligible for Healthy Start vouchers; and how many and what proportion of those children are in receipt of those vouchers.

    Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at ...

    Answered 22 May 2025

    Original Parliament record
  • Asthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17447More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of pressurised metered dose inhalers were manufactured in pharmaceutical production facilities (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in the last year for which data is available.

    Answer: The information requested is not held.

    Answered 9 Dec 2024

    Original Parliament record
  • Asthma: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17446More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pressurised metered dose inhalers were prescribed by the NHS in the last year for which data is available.

    Answer: Information provided by the NHS Business Services Authority gives the quantities of each medicine dispensed in the community in England. The total number of pressurised inhalers that were dispensed in England from October 2023 to September 2024 was 42.3 m...

    Answered 16 Dec 2024

    Original Parliament record
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as listDepartment for Business and Trade: 1Department for Business and Trade1Department for Work and Pensions: 1Department for Work and Pensions1Department of Health and Social Care: 5Department of Health and Social…5Home Office: 1Home Office1Women and Equalities: 1Women and Equalities1
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Department of Health and Social Care5
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Women and Equalities1

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