Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the level of (a) hygiene poverty in Yeovil constituency and (b) its impact on Yeovil residents' health.

No such estimates are held centrally, but the Government continues to take action to try and relieve personal hygiene costs, particularly in relation to period products. The Department for Education provides free period products to secondary school and college learners in their place of study so that no one misses education because of their period, and the VAT on period products remains zero-rated, including reusable period underwear.