Written Question·Women and Equalities·UIN 8466

Sanitary Products: Scotland

Tabled: 10 October 2024

Answered: 15 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) implications for her policies of the effectiveness of the free period products scheme in Scotland and (b) merits of implementing a similar scheme in England.

Answer

Anneliese Dodds

We recognise that women and girls may suffer as a result of the cost of period products.The so-called ‘tampon tax’ has been abolished, and period underwear now receives the same zero-rate of VAT.A scheme is in place for education settings, with free produ...

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