Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the benefits of a human milk-based diet for the development of preterm infants.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Sharon Hodgson MP) on 10 February 2020 to Question 10737.

My Rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has not had any recent discussions with representatives from the devolved administrations on a strategy to improve preterm nutrition.

A human milk-based diet is important to a baby at any age and provides the best start in life.