Question reference: S5W-36229
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 12 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many families in Dundee have received a school clothing grant since the fund's inception.
Answer
In August 2018, the Scottish Government and local authorities agreed a national minimum school clothing grant of £100 per eligible child. The Scottish Government has provided £6 million to local authorities in each financial year since the national minimum school clothing grant was introduced.
Information on the number of School Clothing Grants issued prior to the introduction of the national minimum School Clothing Grant is not available. However Dundee City Council issued a total of 6,512 School Clothing Grants in the 2018-19 school year, the first year of the national minimum grant's operation.
The Scottish Government has provided Dundee City Council with funding of £255,000 each year towards the cost of providing school clothing grants to all eligible families within their area.