Question follow-through · 36952
Period Poverty: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address period poverty in East London.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 29 Mar 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address period poverty in East London.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Mar 2025
Answer published
Nobody should have to miss out on education because of their period, which is why the department provides free period products to girls and women in their place of study, through the period products scheme. The scheme aims to remove periods as a barrier t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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