Question follow-through · 8467
Period Poverty
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of period poverty on (a) the economy and (b) educational attainment.
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- Answering body
- Women and Equalities
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of period poverty on (a) the economy and (b) educational attainment.
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
We recognise that women and girls may suffer as a result of the cost of period products.The so-called ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished, and period underwear now receives the same zero-rate of VAT.A scheme is in place for education settings, with free produ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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