Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) make an assessment of the effectiveness of and (b) take steps to improve the rollout of the period product scheme.

The Department launched the Period Products Scheme to provide pupils with period products when they need them. Since its launch in January 2020, 97% of secondary schools and 92% of post 16 colleges in England now use the scheme to provide free period products to pupils.

All eligible organisations were emailed in September 2022 to remind them of their log in details and to provide them with a link to the guidance. Further contact has been made with all organisations who have not ordered throughout this academic year.

The Department publishes statistics regarding the Scheme’s operation, which are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-scheme-management-information.