Question follow-through · 35660
Schools: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the cost of (a) girls' and (b) boys' school uniforms.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the cost of (a) girls' and (b) boys' school uniforms.
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2025
Answer published
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department published its latest research on the cost of school uniforms in September 2024, which surveyed parents and carers of children aged 4 to 16 attending ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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