The Department has set out possible options for the operation of the Nursery Milk scheme, in its consultation: ‘Next Steps for Nursery Milk’, published in 2012. An impact assessment which included the costs of a new national procurement process for the Nursery Milk scheme and the costs to business of the adoption of an e-voucher scheme for providing nursery milk was published at the same time. A copy of the consultation document has already been placed in the Library. As part of the consultation process we engaged with a wide range of stakeholders including parents, child care providers and milk producers. We also engaged specifically with representatives of the dairy industry and local government to seek their views on how they might be affected by the options proposed in the consultation. A decision on the future operation of the Nursery Milk scheme will be taken after full consideration is given to the final impact assessment, the consultation responses and other relevant information.