Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's publication, Tampon Tax Fund 2017/18 - Guidance for Applicants, what her Department's definition of campaigning and awareness raising is.
The purpose of the Tampon Tax Fund is to allocate the funds generated from the VAT on sanitary products to front line projects that directly improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls, not to fund awareness-raising or campaigning.
Successful applicants can use Tampon Tax Fund funding to promote their project to potential beneficiaries, and to organisations and individuals, which may refer beneficiaries to the project i.e. raise awareness of the project and the services provided by that project.
However, the following can not be funded by the Tampon Tax Fund: activity intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political parties, or attempting to influence the awarding or renewal of contracts and grants, or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action.