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Disabled Students' Allowances

Asked by Josh Fenton-GlynnLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 12 February 2025UIN 29295

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential equality impact of changes to the Disabled Students Allowance on (a) the provision of assistive technology support packages and products, and (b) the rem

Answered by Janet Daby

The department has not announced changes to the provision of assistive technology support packages and products through Disabled Students’ Allowances or the removal of needs assessments from the eligibility criteria.

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