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[[File:Baby Box aka Maternity Package in Scotland.jpg|thumb|Scottish First Minister presented a baby Box in 2025 to expectant Mairi Morrison and partner George Waddington]] |
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[[File:Baby Box aka Maternity Package in Scotland.jpg|thumb|[[John Swinney]], the [[First Minister of Scotland]], presenting a baby box to an expectant couple]] |
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A similar scheme was introduced in [[Scotland]] in 2017 by [[Nicola Sturgeon]]. After a three-month pilot scheme in [[Clackmannanshire]] and [[Orkney]], the Scottish "baby box" began to be issued to all parents with newborns in summer 2017,[{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-38470905|title=Scottish baby box pilot scheme launched|date=2017-01-01|access-date=2017-01-01|website=[[BBC News Online]]}}] with over 52,000 such boxes issued in the first twelve months of the programme.[{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-45189506|title=More than 52,000 baby boxes given out in scheme's first year|date=2018-08-15|access-date=2018-10-07|website=[[BBC News Online]]}}] By 2025, the total distribution had grown to over 350,000 boxes with each box costing about £400.[{{Cite web |date=2025-08-15 |title=More than 350,000 Scottish Baby Boxes delivered since scheme began |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/25391482.350-000-scottish-baby-boxes-delivered-since-2017/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The National |language=en}}] In January 2026, the Scottish government sent a baby box to [[Zohran Mamdani]] as a gesture of goodwill and as a leading example for his proposed baby box program.[{{Cite news |last=Rawlinson |first=Kevin |date=2026-01-23 |title=Scotland sends baby box to New York after mayor Mamdani cites policy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/scotland-sends-baby-box-to-new-york-after-mayor-mamdani-cites-policy |access-date=2026-01-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] |
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A similar scheme was introduced in [[Scotland]] in 2017 by [[Nicola Sturgeon]]. After a three-month pilot scheme in [[Clackmannanshire]] and [[Orkney]], the Scottish "baby box" began to be issued to all parents with newborns in summer 2017,[{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-38470905|title=Scottish baby box pilot scheme launched|date=2017-01-01|access-date=2017-01-01|website=[[BBC News Online]]}}] with over 52,000 such boxes issued in the first twelve months of the programme.[{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-45189506|title=More than 52,000 baby boxes given out in scheme's first year|date=2018-08-15|access-date=2018-10-07|website=[[BBC News Online]]}}] By 2025, the total distribution had grown to over 350,000 boxes with each box costing about £400.[{{Cite web |date=2025-08-15 |title=More than 350,000 Scottish Baby Boxes delivered since scheme began |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/25391482.350-000-scottish-baby-boxes-delivered-since-2017/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=The National |language=en}}] In January 2026, the [[Scottish Government]] sent a baby box to [[Zohran Mamdani]] as a gesture of goodwill and as a leading example for his proposed baby box program.[{{Cite news |last=Rawlinson |first=Kevin |date=2026-01-23 |title=Scotland sends baby box to New York after mayor Mamdani cites policy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/scotland-sends-baby-box-to-new-york-after-mayor-mamdani-cites-policy |access-date=2026-01-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] |
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