Pupils: Period Poverty
(asked on 10th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the impact of period poverty on educational attainment in England.
This question was answered on 18th February 2025
We do not hold data on the impact of period poverty on educational attainment in England.
The Period Products Scheme removes periods as a barrier to accessing education and addresses pupils being unable to afford period products. Since its launch in January 2020, 99% of secondary schools and 87% of post-16 organisations in England have placed orders through the scheme.