Why Healthy Start vouchers are worth more that £3.10 in some supermarkets
SOME shoppers have been left confused after supermarkets appear to be putting their own price on state-provided Healthy Start vouchers for low-income families.
Parents or soon-to-be parents on low income or benefits are entitled to Healthy Start vouchers under the government's support for families.
The Healthy Start scheme to designed improve the health of low-income pregnant women and families on benefits and tax credits, who are provided with a £3.10 vouchers every week.
This can then be spent on milk, fresh, frozen and tinned fruit and vegetables, fresh, dried and tinned pulses, and infant formula milk.