School uniform time

We were approached about a mum who needed help for her daughter.  The mother who is currently being sanctioned on her benefits, was unable to provide a suitable school uniform for the child.  The knock on from this is that the child had missed a lot of her schooling last term as the mother had kept her off school.  Our agents asked us to pay for a main set of uniform for her, which we did and actually placed an order with the local school uniform supplier and arranged for the mother to call by to collect this, so we could be certain the money was used for its intended purpose.