Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) women and (b) children were eligible to receive Healthy Start vouchers in each year since 2012-13.

The information is not available in the format requested. We are able to provide data for the number of women and children eligible for Healthy Start since 2014/15, we do not hold this detailed information prior to this date. This is shown in the following table:

Note:

Validated but unpublished information on Healthy Start beneficiaries.