What percentage of school pupils has benefited from the extension of the clothing grant scheme.

The Scottish Government recognises the importance of school clothing grants in assisting families with the expenses involved in ensuring children have adequate and suitable clothing to take full advantage of local authority school education. We set up a working group in January 2008 to review the levels of support provided by school clothing grants, with a view to making recommendations to Scottish ministers on where improvements can be made to the system to best meet the needs of children and their families. The report from the working group is expected to be with ministers shortly and we will discuss the recommendations in the report with COSLA.