Period Poverty Taskforce

(asked on 10th February 2025) - View Source

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Period Poverty Taskforce (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet.


Answered by
Anneliese Dodds Portrait
Anneliese Dodds
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 18th February 2025

The Period Poverty Taskforce was an initiative under a previous government, and last met in 2020. I thank them for their hard work.

Rather than re-launch a standalone initiative, this Government's approach is to resolve the issue at the source by tackling the reasons women and girls are pushed into period poverty to start with. We are protecting women’s living standards, alongside the public services they rely on, so that no one has to go without life's essentials.

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