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Period Poverty: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address period poverty in East London.

answeredDepartment for Education

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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