FOI Request - School Uniform Grant
Request 101003071310
1. How many applications to the school uniform grant have there been, broken down by month, from August 2011 to present.
2. How many applications have been unsuccessful every month since August 2011 and for what reason were they rejected.
3. At what point in the year was the entire school uniform grant budget spent, for every year since 2011.
a. If not all spent by year end, how much was left in the budget, broken down by year since 2011.
4. What is the lowest, highest, and average, grant given out broken down by year since 2011.
Response 09-06-2022
1. Number of payments made, which would be successful applications:
Year No of payments
2011/12 1,301
2012/13 1,235
2013/14 1,226
2014/15 1,121
2015/16 987
2016/17 2,284
2017/18 85
Number of applications not held, however, please see number awarded from 2018 below: (Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.)
April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March Total
2018-19 157 419 228 191 232 36 52 13 15 28 23 16 1410
2019-20 275 470 187 160 110 42 32 8 10 14 22 12 1342
2020-21 72 248 645 298 109 74 41 24 16 27 23 24 1601
2021-22 26 135 335 485 342 61 44 35 21 20 9 14 1527
2022-23 5 130
2. This information is not held, but there would be no entitlement if the qualifying criteria was not met. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
3.
Budget spent by end of Balance unspent
Year £
2011-12 N/a 8,175
2012-13 N/a 10,965
2013-14 N/a 1,300
2014-15 N/a 6,140
2015-16 N/a 12,260
2016-17 N/a 9,740
2017-18 January 2018 -
2018-19 October 2018 -
2019-20 October 2019 -
2020-21 August 2020 -
2021-22 N/a 13,970
4. The Clothing Grant is a set payment:
2018/19 - £100 for all pupils
2019/20 - £100 for all pupils
2020/21 - £100 for all pupils
2021/22 - £120 for Primary School pupils and £150 for Secondary School pupils