Fiona Mactaggart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Fiona Mactaggart on 2014-06-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a full range of sanitary products is provided free-of-charge to female prisoners.

Simon Hughes

Women should be given any items required to meet essential personal needs for their first 24 hours in custody, including toiletries, clean clothing and a towel. Women also must have easy access to a choice of sanitary provision. Tampons with applicators must be one of the choices.

All prisons across the female custodial estate provide Interlude tampons and sanitary towels to women free of charge. Other brands of sanitary products are available for women to buy via the National Product list.