Question follow-through · 10365

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the levels of cost of school uniforms for (a) primary and (b) high school children.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
25 Oct 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the levels of cost of school uniforms for (a) primary and (b) high school children.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The department recently published its latest research on the cost of school uniforms, surveying parents and carers of children aged 4 to 16 attending state-funded schools in England. The research report assessed the relative changes to the cost of school ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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