Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to launch a consultation on (a) reducing the availability of Disabled Students Allowance assistive technology packages and products and (b) removing the needs assessment element of applications for Disabled Students Allowance.
Answered by Janet Daby
The department is not intending to launch a consultation on reducing the availability of assistive technology support packages and products provided through Disabled Students’ Allowance or the removal of the needs assessment element of applications.
The department has not announced any changes to these areas of the Disabled Students’ Allowance.
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