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Healthy Start Scheme: Costs

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 174525, tabled on 27 March 2023

Question

Andrew Western
Labour
Stretford and Urmston
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the Healthy Start Allowance by 20 per cent.

Answer

Neil O'Brien
Conservative
Harborough
Commons

Answered on

30 March 2023

The Department has no current plans to make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the Healthy Start value by 20%.

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Department of Health and Social Care
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