- Request
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1. For each of the 10 academic years 2013/14-2022/23 (including the current academic year) please specify whether the council has offered a school uniform grant or similar scheme (for example school clothing voucher or allowance), and if so what the budget was in each year.
2. Where a grant, voucher or other support was offered, please provide:
a) The number of applications received in each of those years.
b) The number of grants awarded in each of those years
c) The amount of money awarded in total in each of those years.
d) If a further breakdown is available by school, ward, uniform type, or gender, etc. please also provide this for each year
- Decision
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I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.
1. Up to 16/17 £0
17/18 and 18/19 £2,400.00
19/20 onwards £1,000.00
Please Note the amount actually spent against the budget in the financial years is as follows:
17/18 £0
18/19 £156
19/20 £112
20/21 £450
21/22 £292
22/23 £90 to date
This differs from the figures below as we did not receive invoices from the suppliers, so can only assume the parents did not use the vouchers sent out to them.
2.a,b,c
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
Applications
60
35
14
11
4
3
10
17
9
0
Grants
60
35
14
11
4
3
10
17
9
0
Money
£2,950
£1,970
£695
£530
£150
£160
£390
£1,020
£460
£0
d). Information not available
- Reference number
- FOI 5338781
- Date request received
- 17/10/22
- Date of decision
- 02/11/22