Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology
Lords · Question HL6282 · Tabled 28 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Addington
To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they have for provision of paid-for software packages from free or built-in technology systems in the Disabled Students Allowance, and whether these criteria take into account capacity to train students to use
Answer
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern, 9 Apr 2025
The department has conducted an Equality Impact Assessment on this policy change and has identified the risk that this decision may have a negative impact on some disabled students who might prefer paid-for spelling and grammar software is mitigated by th...