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Disabled Students' Allowances: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with students on the potential impact of the removal of non-specialist spelling and grammar software from Disabled Students’ Allowance funding.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
28 Oct 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with students on the potential impact of the removal of non-specialist spelling and grammar software from Disabled Students’ Allowance funding.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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