The Welfare Food Regulations 1996

Entitlement to free vitamins

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), any person specified in paragraph (2) is entitled to receive vitamins for personal consumption, in accordance with these Regulations, free of charge.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the person specified is any of the following in Great Britain—

(a)a mother who is breast-feeding her child under the age of one year, or an expectant mother, who is, or is a member of the family of a person who is, entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; or

(b)a child who is under the age of five years and who is a member of the family of a person who is entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

(3) Entitlement to vitamins under paragraph (1) is as follows—

(a)in the case of a mother who is breast-feeding her child 90 tablets or 20 millilitres of drops for every 13 weeks of entitlement;

(b)in the case of an expectant mother or a child under the age of five years, 20 millilitres of drops for every 13 weeks of entitlement.

(4) No person shall be entitled to vitamins under this regulation unless a claim is made to a person responsible for the distribution of welfare food at a clinic and the claim is supported by—

(a)documentary evidence of entitlement to income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance; and

(b)if requested by the person to whom the claim is made, documentary evidence of the child’s age or documentary evidence that the beneficiary is an expectant mother.