Question follow-through · 8468
Schools: Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to continue the provision of free period products to pupils during the school holidays.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- 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 Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to continue the provision of free period products to pupils during the school holidays.
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Period Products Scheme recently opened for the 2024/25 academic year, with schools and colleges able to order free period products for their pupils and students. Beyond this, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has launched a multi-y...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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