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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-06more like thismore than 2023-02-06
answering body
Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept id 31 more like this
answering dept short name Women and Equalities more like this
answering dept sort name Women and Equalities more like this
hansard heading Period Poverty remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps the Government has taken to help tackle period poverty in England. more like this
tabling member constituency Liverpool, Wavertree more like this
tabling member printed
Paula Barker more like this
uin 140364 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2023-02-10more like thismore than 2023-02-10
answer text <p>This Government takes the issue of period poverty very seriously and we are already taking steps to ensure that period products are available and affordable for those most in need.</p><p>Since January 2020, a Department for Education scheme provides free period products in schools and 16-19 education institutions in England. 97% of secondary schools, 92% of post-16 organisations and 68% of primary schools have made at least one order since the scheme began in January 2020.</p><p>In March 2019 NHS England announced that it would offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them (including long-term in-patients).</p><p>As part of our wider strategy to make period products affordable and available for all women, we have also made it clear that a zero rate of VAT applies to period products now that the UK has left the EU. These products are essential so it is right that there is now no VAT charge.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Lewes more like this
answering member printed Maria Caulfield more like this
grouped question UIN 140369 more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-02-10T10:12:39.357Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-10T10:12:39.357Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Maria Caulfield more like this
tabling member
4828
label Biography information for Paula Barker remove filter