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Disabled Students' Allowances: Software

Commons · Question 78486 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Marsha De Cordova

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

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 28 Oct 2025

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...