PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Period Poverty (6 January 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle period poverty.
Asked by:
Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)
Asked by:
Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)
Answer
The Government Equalities Office has responsibility for the period poverty taskforce. The Department of Health and Social Care, along with other Government departments, is committed to tackling period poverty. To support this, NHS England announced in March 2019 that it will offer period products to every hospital patient who needs them.
Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
12 January 2021
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