§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the projected budget for the Healthy Start Programme is for each of the next three years; [144560]
(2) how much he has spent on the Welfare Foods scheme in each of the past three years. [144566]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonTotal expenditure on the Welfare Food Scheme in England in the last three financial years is shown in the table.
£million 2000–01 120 2001–02 118 2002–03 114 The budget is demand-led, but expenditure should continue at a similar level when the current scheme is replaced by Healthy Start at around the end of 2004.