United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 77282
Hygiene: Poverty
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2 November 2022
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9 November 2022 · Answer
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9 November 2022
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help people who have fallen into hygiene poverty and cannot afford basic necessities such as soap and toothpaste with the exception of removing VAT on goods.
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2 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help people who have fallen into hygiene poverty and cannot afford basic necessities such as soap and toothpaste with the exception of removing VAT on goods.
Source: Commons
9 November 2022
Answer
A zero rate of VAT has applied to women’s sanitary products since 1 January 2021. This applies to those products which were previously subject to the reduced rate of 5 per cent, for example, tampons and pads, and to reusable menstrual products, such as ke...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-02/77282
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1538708
- uk · wq-1538708 · source updated 9 November 2022