FOI Request - School Clothing Grants

Request 101003854615

Scope and timeframe

Please provide service-level annual totals for academic years 2015/16 to 2024/25 (year-to-date):

1.. Awards and processing
a) Awards granted, applications refused, and appeals upheld/denied each year.
b) Average processing time from application to decision (median; and, if held, 90th percentile).
c) Standard award amount each year and any variations by phase.

2. Policy and eligibility
a) Eligibility criteria and policy changes over time (document or summary).
 

3. Spend
a) Total spend on clothing grants each year.

Response 13-10-2025

1. a) The Clothing Grant year runs from 1st April to 31st March.  See attached for details of awards granted from 2018. 

Applications refused or appeals data is not held. The Clothing Grant year runs from 1st April to 31st March.  See attached for details of awards granted from 2018. Applications refused or appeals data is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

b) Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

c) See attached for details of amounts for Primary and Secondary Pupils.

2.a) See attached for summary of Eligibility Criteria changes from 2018.
Amount increased from £100 per pupil to £120 for Primary Pupils & £150 for Secondary pupils for 2021/22.
Current income criteria can be found here: http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_55486.html   

3. Please see information here for the years from 2018/19 onward. 

pre-2108 Total spend on clothing grants each year:

2015/16 - £43,740
2016/17 - £46,260
2017/18 - £ £59,175