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Schools: Uniforms

Commons · Question 22901 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides on schools making second hand uniform available.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 16 Jan 2025

The government’s statutory guidance requires schools to ensure that arrangements are in place for parents to acquire second-hand school uniforms, for example through periodic second-hand uniform sales or swap shops, and to make these arrangements clear on...