£436k SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR 6498 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN WEST LOTHIAN TO BUY SCHOOL CLOTHES

£436k SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR 6498 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN WEST LOTHIAN TO BUY SCHOOL CLOTHES

The Scottish Government is set to support approx 6,498 school children in West Lothian to buy school clothes through the School Clothing Grant.

 

The School Clothing Grant was increased this month by the Scottish Government and provides families with primary school children with £120 per child and £150 per child in secondary school.

 

The support helps families pay for school clothes and shoes.

 

Applications are still open for eligible parents to apply for the start of the new school year.

 

Commenting, Angela Constance MSP said:

 

“Already the Scottish Government has helped a significant number of families in West Lothian with buying school clothes and shoes, applications are still open for eligible families to apply for the start of the new school year.

 

“Meeting the costs of buying school clothes can be very challenging for thousands of families across Scotland and the Scottish Government has introduced the School Clothing Grant to ensure every child in Scotland doesn’t miss out.

 

“Being in a uniform not only breaks stigma in school but gets young people in the right mindset for learning.

 

“This is another demonstration of our tale of two governments as the one in Edinburgh builds a social security system built on dignity, fairness and respect. Whereas the government in Westminster is preparing to cut Universal Credit, which could plunge 20,000 children in Scotland into poverty.”

 

ENDS

 

Notes

 

The number of children and young people whom we estimate will benefit from the minimum school clothing grant, broken down by local authority area, is provided within the following table:

 

Local Authority	Estimated number of children and young people (in each LA area)
Aberdeen City	3,471
Aberdeenshire	3,376
Angus	2,473
Argyll and Bute	1,463
Clackmannanshire	1,349
Dumfries and Galloway	3,374
Dundee City	6,045
East Ayrshire	4,167
East Dunbartonshire	2,014
East Lothian	1,682
East Renfrewshire	1,714
Edinburgh, City of	6,821
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	416
Falkirk	4,678
Fife	11,882
Glasgow City	28,464
Highland	4,333
Inverclyde	3,114
Midlothian	2,018
Moray	1,434
North Ayrshire	5,186
North Lanarkshire	10,234
Orkney Islands	227
Perth and Kinross	1,850
Renfrewshire	5,498
Scottish Borders	2,220
Shetland Islands	309
South Ayrshire	2,926
South Lanarkshire	10,622
Stirling	1,692
West Dunbartonshire	3,530
West Lothian	6,498
SCOTLAND	145,080

 

 

 

 

The funding allocation of the £11.8 million in additional funding for the school clothing grant, broken down by local authority area, is provided within the following table:

 

Local Authority	Additional funding for school clothing grants
Aberdeen City	£351,000
Aberdeenshire	£371,000
Angus	£239,000
Argyll and Bute	£155,000
Clackmannanshire	£136,000
Dumfries and Galloway	£354,000
Dundee City	£357,000
East Ayrshire	£334,000
East Dunbartonshire	£146,000
East Lothian	£218,000
East Renfrewshire	£147,000
Edinburgh, City of	£698,000
Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	£43,000
Falkirk	£363,000
Fife	£935,000
Glasgow City	£1,940,000
Highland	£469,000
Inverclyde	£161,000
Midlothian	£191,000
Moray	£187,000
North Ayrshire	£379,000
North Lanarkshire	£929,000
Orkney Islands	£40,000
Perth and Kinross	£274,000
Renfrewshire	£363,000
Scottish Borders	£245,000
Shetland Islands	£29,000
South Ayrshire	£237,000
South Lanarkshire	£678,000
Stirling	£161,000
West Dunbartonshire	£234,000
West Lothian	£436,000
SCOTLAND	£11,800,000

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