Question follow-through · 31731
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of auto-enrolling all eligible families to the Healthy Start programme.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Peripheral Arterial Disease: Health Services · 6 Mar 2025
- Peripheral Arterial Disease: Health Services · 6 Mar 2025
- Orthopaedics · 6 Mar 2025
- Infant Foods · 12 Mar 2025
- Infant Foods · 12 Mar 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of auto-enrolling all eligible families to the Healthy Start programme.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Healthy Start scheme was introduced in 2006 to encourage a healthy diet for pregnant women, babies, and young children under four years old from very low-income households. It can be used to buy, or put towards the cost of, fruit, vegetables, pulses, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Health Services
6 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) improve diagnosis and care pathways for patients with peripheral arterial disease and (b) improve funding routes for the adoption of innovative technologies that will f
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Health Services
6 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current diagnosis and treatment pathways for patients with peripheral arterial disease.
Orthopaedics
6 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to preventative intervention for patients at risk of lower-limb amputation.
Infant Foods
12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to consider the recommendations from the Competition and Markets Authority's infant formula and follow-on formula market study, published on 14 February 2025
Infant Foods
12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the Competition and Markets Authority's infant formula and follow-on formula market study, published on 14 February 2025.
Infant Foods
12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations within the Competition and Markets Authority's infant formula and follow-on formula market study, published on 14 February 2025.
Infant Foods
12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Competition and Markets Authority's infant formula and follow-on formula market study, published on 14 February 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits
Methylphenidate and Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy
3 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on increasing the availability of (a) methylphenidate and (b) pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.
NHS: Drugs
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the UK pharmaceutical industry.
Methylphenidate and Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Import Duties
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the domestic supply of (a) methylphenidate and (b) pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.
General Practitioners: Training
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether GP training includes a mandatory rotation on (a) obstetrics and (b) gynaecology.
Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the Immediate and Essential Actions of the Ockenden review, published on 30 March 2022.