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 Daby
The 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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