Speeches

Andrew Gwynne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many portions of milk have been reimbursed by his Department under the nursery milk scheme in each month of the last 10 years.

Jane Ellison

The Nursery Milk Scheme allows for the reimbursement of the cost of providing portions of one-third of a pint of milk per day to children under the age of five attending childminders or private and local authority nurseries for at least two hours a day. The Scheme covers England, Scotland and Wales; Northern Ireland has its own arrangements. The Department holds information relating to the number of portions of milk reimbursed in respect of claims from eligible settings in Great Britain since January 2009 and this information is in the following table.

Date

Total Portions (1/3 pints) Claimed

January 2009

18,123,707

February 2009

17,637,807

March 2009

21,558,309

April 2009

17,371,970

May 2009

16,221,249

June 2009

13,432,093

July 2009

15,464,454

August 2009

11,467,147

September 2009

16,389,034

October 2009

20,382,597

November 2009

16,079,212

December 2009

17,391,428

January 2010

15,680,452

February 2010

24,496,820

March 2010

33,011,644

April 2010

22,567,652

May 2010

17,782,066

June 2010

21,798,146

July 2010

21,923,309

August 2010

23,117,196

September 2010

15,810,902

October 2010

20,081,579

November 2010

23,160,564

December 2010

20,662,622

January 2011

23,048,244

February 2011

25,351,169

March 2011

26,415,006

April 2011

22,494,397

May 2011

18,211,857

June 2011

24,807,226

July 2011

24,435,096

August 2011

20,694,290

September 2011

15,889,141

October 2011

20,655,967

November 2011

21,672,552

December 2011

24,047,889

January 2012

23,045,503

February 2012

25,555,512

March 2012

29,047,089

April 2012

26,723,281

May 2012

21,223,680

June 2012

23,990,408

July 2012

23,634,192

August 2012

23,634,192

September 2012

10,813,985

October 2012

18,973,780

November 2012

22,527,849

December 2012

21,635,603

January 2013

20,907,751

February 2013

27,996,321

March 2013

23,764,641

April 2013

23,390,936

May 2013

20,100,589

June 2013

21,982,896

July 2013

23,393,113

August 2013

22,317,209

September 2013

13,218,322

October 2013

22,600,819

November 2013

25,334,664

December 2013

24,340,053

January 2014

20,978,012

February 2014

26,176,219

March 2014

26,673,043

April 2014

22,229,447

May 2014

20,175,242

June 2014

22,182,139

July 2014

26,207,194

August 2014

20,259,095

September 2014

13,121,733

October 2014

22,573,963

November 2014

26,413,799

December 2014

24,221,524

January 2015

24,901,748

February 2015

25,079,913

March 2015

25,432,666

April 2015

25,831,561

May 2015

19,519,236

June 2015

23,815,213

July 2015

27,758,159

August 2015

20,262,151

September 2015

16,068,770

October 2015

25,258,995

November 2015

26,127,900

December 2015

28,076,574