Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology
Commons · Question 48330 · Tabled 25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the savings to her Department from the withdrawal of funding for non-specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 6 May 2025
Funding under the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) is in general not available for goods and services that may be needed by the general student population, whether disabled or not. The department has withdrawn funding for non-specialist software as this...