Health written question – answered at on 26 November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has claimed for the Nursery Milk Scheme from (a) the Rural Payments Agency and (b) the EU in each of the last 10 financial years.
The Department could not claim EU milk subsidy for the Nursery Milk Scheme prior to 2008. However in 2008 when the new EU rules were extended to cover early years settings and secondary schools, the Department submitted claims for the EU milk subsidy on behalf of child-care providers claiming under the Nursery Milk Scheme. From October 2008 to April 2010, the Department claimed a total of £2,641,271.08 from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) for nursery milk claims. No claims were made beyond this period and the Department was asked to return this amount to the RPA as a routine EU audit revealed that some child- care providers were not fully compliant with the EU regulations.
Individual child-care settings can claim the EU subsidy for the milk they provide to the under-fives in their care. However, should they do so, then this amount must be deducted from any claim for reimbursement which they make to the Nursery Milk Scheme.
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