Thank you for your request for information about the following:
‘1. How many families in England have been given access to Healthy Start.
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How many applications have been wrongfully rejected in the last two years.
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How many applications have been rejected correctly in the past two years.
On 9 November 2022 you clarified your request as follows
Given access means, families who have had access to the scheme. (Like have been granted the food voucher/card).
The time period was as a whole from the start of the scheme, 2006.
On 11 November 2022 you clarified your request as follows
It can be in a yearly format or whatever is most convenient.’
Your request was received on 7 November 2022, and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Response
2006 to June 2013
I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHS Business Services Authority.
However it is possible that Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:
Freedom of Information Requests
Department of Work and Pensions
Caxton House
Tothill Street
London
SW1H 9NA
Email freedom-of-information-request@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Question 1
A copy of the information is attached. Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.
• Data starts from July 2013, so this is not a full year
• Data ends October 2022, so this is not a full year
• Data July 2013 - August 2021 is provided solely by the previous paper voucher scheme supplier (and not the NHS Healthy Start scheme)
• Data September 2021 - March 2022 is provided by the previous paper voucher scheme supplier and the NHS Healthy Start scheme combined
• Data April 2022 - Data is the NHS Healthy Start scheme only
Question 2
The NHSBSA does not hold data to determine if applicants have been wrongly rejected.
Question 3
The NHSBSA does not hold data to determine if applicants have been correctly rejected.
Data Queries
If you have any queries regarding the data provided, or if you plan on publishing the data please contact nhsbsa.foirequests@nhs.net ensuring you quote the above reference. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.
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The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement:
“NHSBSA Copyright 2022” This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.
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