Question follow-through · 39485

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an equality impact assessment prior to the decision to withdraw funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
26 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an equality impact assessment prior to the decision to withdraw funding for non-specialist disabled students' allowance software.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The department made the decision to remove non-specialist spelling and grammar software from the disabled students’ allowance (DSA) funding on the grounds that there are now free-to-access versions available with the required functionality to meet student...

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