According to the Department of Health, which oversees the Nursery Milk Scheme, the decision to no longer accept Scotts as an agent for it was as a result of receiving a 'number' of claims from the milk supplier, which appeared to contain errors.
The Department says that to date more than 3,000 claims from Scotts have been disputed by childcare providers.
The Government-funded scheme enables children under five, who are in an early years setting for at least two hours a day, to receive 189 ml of milk (1/3 pint) free of charge.
While a considerable number of childcare providers pay for the milk themselves and claim the money back afterwards, Scotts is one of a number of agents used by nurseries to arrange the milk deliveries, which eliminates the need for them to fill in paperwork to claim the money back.
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