Table 1 Summary of entitlements in the Welfare Food Scheme and Healthy Start*.

Benefit		Welfare Food Scheme4		Healthy Start5
Milk—7 pints of cows' milk		Pregnant and lactating women; pregnant teenagers only if family already have entitlement; children <5 years; disabled children between 5 and 16 years not attending school; children in daycare (200 ml/day)		Children <5 years in daycare (200 ml/day)
Infant formula		Children aged <1 year (includes some children in low‐income families not on IS/IBJSA)
Vitamins (A, D, C)		Pregnant women; breastfeeding women (up to 1 year postpartum); children <5 years old		Pregnant and lactating women (C, D, folic acid); children <4 years old (A, D, C)
Food vouchers—for cows' milk, infant formula, fresh fruit and vegetables—value £2.80 (double for family with child aged 0–12 months)				Pregnant and lactating women; all pregnant women <18 years; children <4 years

*For families in receipt of income support (IS), income‐based jobseeker's allowance (IBJSA) or child tax credit on an income below £14 155.