Question follow-through · 89122

School Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing dairy-free alternatives as part of the Nursery Milk Scheme.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 10 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 12 Nov 2025
Answer: 19 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing dairy-free alternatives as part of the Nursery Milk Scheme.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
Plant-based drinks are currently not covered by the legislation on the Nursery Milk Scheme, which only allows reimbursement to be made for cow’s milk and infant formula based on cow’s milk.The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and the Committee o...

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