Petition · past parliament

Provide access to free sanitary products to young women in full time education

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

In the U.K. today, young women are missing school because they can't afford sanitary products. Help us make sure that this does not continue by signing this petition to use the tampon tax to fund free sanitary products for women aged under 18 or in full time education

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

14 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
21 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.