This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

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

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

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/181224

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.