4. Free milk for children
Children under five are entitled to 189–200 millilitres of free milk on each day they are looked after for two hours or more:
1Reg 18 WF Regs•by a registered childminder or daycare provider; or
•in a school, playcentre or workplace nursery which is exempt from registration; or
•in local authority daycare.
Children under one are allowed fresh or dried milk.
In Wales, children in key stage one are entitled to free milk if the school has chosen to participate in the scheme.
In Scotland, the provision of milk to children under five may change.
2Scottish government, Welfare Foods: a consultation on meeting the needs of children and families in Scotland, April 2018, paras 4.1-4.4