Question reference: S6W-01172
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 2 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 19 July 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the eligibility criteria for Best Start Food payments to align with the rest of the UK, following the decision by Department of Health and Social Care to extend Healthy Start vouchers to people with no recourse to public funds.
Answer
We welcome this decision by the UK Government as a result of the recent judicial review. We will make similar changes to the eligibility criteria for Best Start Foods as soon as it is practicable to do so.