Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 68319
Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a statement on how the decision to cut funding for Assistive Technologies within the Disabled Students’ Allowance was made.
Answer
Janet DabyThe department made the decision to remove non-specialist spelling and grammar (SPAG) software from the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) funding on the grounds that there are now free-to-access versions available with the required functionality to meet ...
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