Motion text
That this House notes that 218,002 families on low incomes in England are currently unable to access their entitlement to the Healthy Start scheme; also notes that, between November and December 2021, take-up of the scheme dropped by more than a fifth, from 65 per cent to 51 per cent, meaning that out of 449,748 potential beneficiaries, only 231,746 are enrolled on the scheme; further notes that no local authority in England has a take-up rate of higher than 62 per cent; and calls on the Government to enact Feeding Britain's proposal for an automatic registration scheme, similar to the one which sees pensioners on low incomes receive their Warm Home Discount automatically, to secure full take-up of the scheme and overcome barriers such as low awareness, bureaucracy, and stigma which prevent take-up being higher.
Signatures (26)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on
14 January 2022
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
18 January 2022
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
18 January 2022
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Henderson, Gordon
Conservative
Signed on
18 January 2022
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
Hodge, Dame Margaret
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
18 January 2022
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on
18 January 2022
Olney, Sarah
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
19 January 2022
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
20 January 2022
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
21 January 2022
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
24 January 2022
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
24 January 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
24 January 2022
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
25 January 2022
Halfon, Robert
Conservative
Signed on
26 January 2022
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
27 January 2022
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
31 January 2022
Green, Sarah
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
31 January 2022
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on
8 February 2022
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
20 April 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.