Question follow-through · 32084
Health Services: Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of free period products at (a) primary care and (b) secondary care settings in England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of free period products at (a) primary care and (b) secondary care settings in England.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of women and girls being able to access the care they need for their reproductive health, including period products.Since 2019 it has been a requirement in the NHS Standard Contract that the National Health Service...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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