FOI-02876

Thank you for your request for information about the following: ##Request ‘Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information: - Postcode data for the uptake of the Healthy Start scheme in Hertfordshire for the past 6 months: December 2024 – May 2025. Postcodes requested are listed below. Please provide the information in electronic format, by return. Postcodes are as follows: POSTCODE AREA POST TOWN OVERLAP MAJORITY AL1 St. Albans AL2 St. Albans AL3 St. Albans AL4 St. Albans AL5 Harpenden YES Herts AL6 Welwyn AL7 Welwyn Garden City AL8 Welwyn Garden City AL9 Hatfield AL10 Hatfield CM21 Sawbridgeworth YES Herts CM22 Bishop's Stortford YES Essex CM23 Bishop's Stortford YES Herts EN5 London/Barnet NO EN6 Potters Bar YES Herts EN7 Waltham Cross YES Herts EN8 Waltham Cross YES Herts EN9 Waltham Cross NO Essex EN10 Broxbourne YES Herts EN11 Hoddesdon YES Herts HP1 Hemel Hempstead HP2 Hemel Hempstead HP3 Hemel Hempstead HP4 Berkhamsted YES Herts HP5 Buckinghamshire NO Bucks HP23 Tring YES Herts SG1 Stevenage SG2 Stevenage SG3 Knebworth SG4 Hitchin SG5 Hitchin YES Beds SG6 Letchworth Garden City SG7 Baldock YES Beds SG8 Royston YES Cambs SG9 Buntingford SG10 Much Hadham SG11 Puckeridge/Standon SG12 Stansted Abbots SG13 Hertford SG14 Hertford WD1 Bushey, South Oxhey, WD2 Abbots Langley;Aldenham, WD3 Chorleywood;Rickmansworth YES WD4 Kings Langley WD5 Abbots Langley WD6 Borehamwood YES WD7 Radlett WD17 Watford WD18 Watford WD19 Watford WD23 Bushey YES Barnet LB WD24 Watford WD25 Watford Please also advise when we may be able to expect eligibility data of those not yet signed up to Healthy Start.’ The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 23 May 2025. We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). ##Our response ##Question 1 - Postcode data for the uptake of the Healthy Start scheme in Hertfordshire for the past 6 months: December 2024 – May 2025. I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested, and a copy of the information is attached. Please note, where N/A shows under the ‘People on the Digital Scheme’ column, this means that there is either no one in that post code on Healthy Start, or the post code does not match the latest ONS file in which we use for mapping. ##Fewer than five Please be aware that I have decided not to release figures where the total number of People on Digital Scheme falls below five. This is because the individuals could be identified, when combined with other information that may be in the public domain or reasonably available. This information falls under the exemption in section 40 subsections 2 and 3 (a) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This is because it would breach the first data protection principle as: a - it is not fair to disclose individual’s personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress. b - these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the individual. Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40 ##Question 2 - Please also advise when we may be able to expect eligibility data of those not yet signed up to Healthy Start. An issue has been identified with the source data that is used to calculate uptake of the NHS Healthy Start scheme since January 2023. We have therefore removed the columns for the number of people eligible for the scheme and the uptake percentage from January 2023 onwards while we investigate this further with the data provider. We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause and endeavour to provide an update as soon as we can. You can find out more about Healthy Start uptake data by visiting the UK Parliament website (opens in a new tab). The issue has only affected the data on the number of people eligible for the scheme. It has not prevented anyone from joining the scheme or continuing to access the scheme if they were eligible. ##Data Queries Please contact [email protected] ensuring you quote the above reference if you have any specific questions regarding this response; or, if you feel you may be misunderstanding or misinterpreting the information; or, if you plan on publishing the data. ##Reusing the data and copyright If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact [email protected]. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented. The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2025”. Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence. Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.