Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has received any complaints from parents and carers in England since (a) 19 November 2021 and (b) 1 September 2022 on school compliance with the statutory guidance on Cost of school uniforms published on 19 November 2021.

Since the statutory guidance on the cost of school uniform came into effect in September 2022, the Department has not received any complaints about school compliance.

Before this point, any complaints received into the Department regarding the cost of school uniform were not formally recorded as complaints about compliance with the uniform guidance, as the statutory guidance was not yet in force.

The Department is aware of two cases before September 2022 where complaints referenced the uniform guidance. In both cases, the school in question was contacted and reminded of their upcoming statutory obligations to ensure the cost of uniform is affordable.