Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the total cost of orders of period products through the Period Products Scheme in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

In January 2020, the Department launched a new scheme to make free period products available for state funded primary schools, secondary schools, and colleges in England. This scheme was extended in July 2022 for a further two years.

Since the scheme launched, 97% of secondary schools, 92% of post 16 colleges, and 68% of primary schools have signed up. This is an important step to ensure that period health does not present a barrier to education.

A full breakdown of the data for each year of the scheme to date is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-scheme-management-information.

The tables below provide a the number schools with multiple orders through the scheme, the number of schools who have ordered products through the scheme, and the total cost of orders through the scheme from 2020 to 2022.