{"value":{"id":1753976,"askingMemberId":3969,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","uin":"22901","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides on schools making second hand uniform available.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4125,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>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 their website. This guidance is available here: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-school-uniforms\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-school-uniforms</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Too many families tell us that the cost of providing school uniform remains a financial burden. That is why we are introducing legislation to limit the number of expensive branded items of uniform and PE kit that schools can require.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Schools: Uniforms","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753976","method":"GET"}]}