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Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology

Commons · Question 29665 · Tabled 6 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 18 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

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 applic

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 18 Feb 2025

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 de...