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(asked on 20th April 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding from the Tampon Tax Fund has been allocated to (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last two years.


Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 28th April 2023

In 2020/21 and 2021/22, the Tampon Tax Fund was allocated between each administration using the Barnett formula.

2020/21

2021/22

England

£11,995,000 (inc £150k administration costs )

£9,000,000 (inc £150k administration costs )

Wales

£905,000

£675,000

Scotland

£1,570,000

£1,181,250

Northern Ireland

£530,000

£393,750

Total

£15,000,000

£11,250,000

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