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<p>The information requested is not held centrally as the Department does not collect
figures on the number of local authorities that offer uniform grants. In England,
some local authorities provide discretionary grants to help with buying school uniforms.
Local authorities that offer these grants set their own criteria for eligibility.</p><p>Schools
may also offer individual clothing schemes, such as offering second-hand uniform at
reduced prices. This would be a decision for the school to make.</p><p>The Department’s
non-statutory guidance on school uniform places extra emphasis on the need for schools
to give highest priority to cost considerations. No school uniform should be so expensive
as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to, or attend, a school
of their choice, due to the cost of the uniform.</p><p>The Department’s guidance on
school uniform is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p><p>
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