Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 78486

Disabled Students' Allowances: Software

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of students who no longer have access to assistive software following the removal of non-specialist spelling and grammar software from Disabled Students’ Allo

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department engaged with disability experts who support disabled students to gather feedback on the removal of non-specialist spelling and grammar software from Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) funding. While there have been no recent direct discussion...

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