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Welfare Food Scheme

Volume 493: debated on Thursday 4 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurseries and (b) other day care facilities participate in his Department’s Welfare Food Scheme by offering free milk to children of less than five years of age. (277850)

A breakdown of the number of facilities participating in the Nursery Milk scheme in England, Wales and Scotland is provided in the following table.

Nursery milk providers June 2009

Country

Provider

Total

England

Registered childminder

3,847

England

Registered day care provider

16,446

England

Exempt establishment

9

England

Grant Maintained School

4

England

Independent/Non-maintained School

23

England

Local authority providing day care

348

England

Non EC Grant Maintained School

1

England

Non EC LEA School or Nursery

13

England

Other

2

England

Non EC Independent/Non-maintained School

10

England

Exempt school

94

England

Unknown

1

Scotland

Registered childminder

310

Scotland

Registered day care provider

1,697

Scotland

Exempt establishment

1

Scotland

Grant Maintained School

0

Scotland

Independent/Non-maintained School

0

Scotland

Local authority providing day care

38

Scotland

Non EC Grant Maintained School

0

Scotland

Non EC LEA School or Nursery

0

Scotland

Other

0

Scotland

Non EC Independent/Non-maintained School

0

Scotland

Exempt school

0

Scotland

Unknown

0

Wales

Registered childminder

164

Wales

Registered day care provider

1,042

Wales

Exempt establishment

0

Wales

Grant Maintained School

0

Wales

Independent/Non-maintained School

1

Wales

Local authority providing day care

32

Wales

Non EC Grant Maintained School

0

Wales

Non EC LEA School or Nursery

1

Wales

Other

1

Wales

Non EC Independent/Non-maintained School

0

Wales

Exempt school

4

Wales

Unknown

0

Total

24,089

Notes:

1.The exempts relate to places like a company providing a crèche for its employees, a registered children’s home, a community home or a health service hospital.

2. EC—refers to European Community.

The facilities in the following table are not currently participating in the scheme.

Country

Facility

Total

Scotland

Grant Maintained School

0

Scotland

Independent/Non-maintained School

0

Scotland

Non EC Grant Maintained School

0

Scotland

Non EC LEA School or Nursery

0

Scotland

Other

0

Scotland

Non EC Independent/Non-maintained School

0

Scotland

Exempt school

0

Scotland

Unknown

0

Wales

Exempt establishment

0

Wales

Grant Maintained School

0

Wales

Non EC Grant Maintained School

0

Wales

Non EC Independent/Non-maintained School

0

Wales

Unknown

0

Source:

Multi Resource Marketing limited