Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 29295

Disabled Students' Allowances

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Josh Fenton-Glynn

LabourCalder Valley

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

Answer

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.