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Families missing out on £1m worth of free food and milk vouchers
20.01.2022 - 16:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Thousands of eligible families are missing out on vouchers they could claim towards free food and milk.
According to a new report, almost 220,00 people are failing to claim free vouchers that would get them food and baby milk every week.
The amount of unclaimed vouchers is worth around £1m every week, reports The Mirror.
The proportion of eligible households claiming Healthy Start coupons fell from 65% in November to 51.5% in December, according to analysis by Feeding Britain.
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Healthy Start coupons are available to pregnant women and parents with a child under four - and provides £4.25 to buy milk and basic food.
Parents with children under a year old can get double vouchers.
But research shows that of 449,748 potential claimants, just 231,746 are enrolled on the scheme - with at least £926,508.50 of vouchers going unclaimed every week.
Because some of the unclaimed coupons will be for youngsters aged under one year - whose parents are entitled to two a week - Feeding Britain believes the weekly unclaimed value is at least £1m.
National director Andrew Forsey said: “At a time when hard-pressed families need every bit of help they can get, it's appalling to see from these data just how many are now falling through the holes in the safety net.
“Those holes could be fixed at a stroke if the Prime Minister shifted the basis of Healthy Start from 'opt in', to 'opt out' - thereby helping those families stretch their budgets further each week.
“With automatic registration rightly deemed fair and just for some schemes, why not extend it to this one too?”
Claimants are eligible if they are at least 10 weeks pregnant or have at
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