Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a pregnant woman who will be giving birth to a child in England is eligible for Healthy Start coupons before the child is born.
The Healthy Start scheme offers support to pregnant women at least 10 weeks into pregnancy if they are in receipt of any of the following benefits:
- Income Support;
- Income-based Job Seeker’s Allowance;
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance;
- Child Tax Credit;
- Universal Credit; and
- Pension Credit.
Pregnant women aged under 18 years old are also eligible for Healthy Start, regardless of whether they receive any of the above benefits.