The Healthy Start program tries to provide free vitamin D to the UK needy

However, only

180 IU of vitamin D to infants over 6 months old - and none for infants younger than 6 months
400 IU to breastfeeding mothers - which is just enough to prevent rickets

clipped from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/207753.php

Oliver Gillie, of the Health Research Forum, said that the Healthy Start scheme was badly implemented, does not work properly, and ignores the needs of mothers and children who are not on benefits and so do not qualify for free Healthy Start vitamins. In a lecture last night to the health charity, Caroline Walker Trust, Gillie said that the scheme is a farce and unless it is extended will never reach more than a small minority of women and children.

*Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D has the following summary

IU	Cumulative Benefit	Blood level	Cofactors	Calcium	$*/month
200	Better bones for mom with 600 mg of Calcium	6 ng/ml increase	Not needed	No effect	$0.10
400	Less Rickets (but not zero with 400 IU) 3X less adolescent Schizophrenia Fewer child seizures	20-30 ng/ml	Not needed	No effect	$0.20
2000	2X More likely to get pregnant naturally/IVF 2X Fewer dental problems with pregnancy 8X less diabetes 4X fewer C-sections (>37 ng) 4X less preeclampsia (40 ng vs 10 ng) 5X less child asthma 2X fewer language problems age 5	42 ng/ml	Desirable	< 750 mg	$1
4000	2X fewer pregnancy complications 2X fewer pre-term births	49 ng/ml	Should have cofactors	< 750 mg	$3
6000	Probable: larger benefits for above items Just enough D for breastfed infant More maternal and infant weight		Should have cofactors	< 750 mg	$4

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See also VitaminDWiki

• [https://www.vitamindwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page_id=1901|Low vitamin D associated with low socio-economics in UK – Aug 2011]
• [https://www.vitamindwiki.com/tiki-browse_categories.php?parentId=103&sort_mode=created_desc|All items in Europe] 234 items
• UK program to increase Vitamin D (Healthy Start) continues to be a farce - Nov 2014