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Sanitary Products: Concessions

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 2 February 2026UIN 108079

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that free period products are accessible to everyone who needs them in schools, workplaces, and public facilities.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

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 to accessing education and addresses pupils being unable to afford period products.

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