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Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any further reductions or restrictions to DSA-funded assistive technology or non-medical support are currently under consideration.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
5 Feb 2026
Answer
1 Apr 2026 · 57 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any further reductions or restrictions to DSA-funded assistive technology or non-medical support are currently under consideration.

  2. 5 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The department is aware of the response written on behalf of the National Association of Disability Practitioners in December 2025 to the change made from March 2025 to remove Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) funding for non-specialist spelling and gram...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Children: Social Services

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13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with the PCS trade union over the Department for Education office closures in Exeter.

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Pupils: Health Services

14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she are taking to support children with medical conditions in schools.

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Members: Correspondence

9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the Hon. Member for Newton Abbot on the email ref 2026-0065504 sent on the 21 of April 2026.

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Members: Correspondence

9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her department plans to respond to the correspondence of 24 April 2026 from the hon. member for Newton Abbot with case ref MW15547.

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Childcare: Fees and Charges

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Childcare: Fees and Charges

29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has estimated the number of parents who have been found ineligible for the additional funded childcare entitlement solely because they are paid every four weeks rather than monthly.

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Social Workers: Complaints

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of response times from Social Work England for complains about social workers.