Healthy Start Scheme
(asked on 23rd March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether an impact assessment has been undertaken on the application of transaction fees to purchases made using Healthy Start prepaid cards.
This question was answered on 28th March 2022
No impact assessment was undertaken. The NHS Business Services Authority do not charge the retailer transaction fees for use of the Healthy Start prepaid card. However, as for any card payment, retailers may be charged by their acquiring bank.