Petition · past parliament
Give people with periods free sanitary products, such as pads or tampons.
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
I want the government to give people with periods free sanitary products each month. Periods are something that we can not control and happen naturally, therefore I believe that we should not have to pay for products to help us with things that we can not stop.
The average person with their period will spend about £13 every month. They are estimated to spend around £4,916 in their lifetime just on sanitary products. But this data doesn’t allow the fact that different people have different preferences and flows when on their periods and I believe that it’s the government’s duty to make sure that all people with periods are provided for, because like I said before, we can not control this.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 29 Dec 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 4 Jan 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
4 Jan 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.