Question follow-through · 110545
Assistive Technology: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Department for Education on assessing the potential impact of reducing assistive technology support during higher education on disabled people’s employment outcomes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 16 Feb 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Department for Education on assessing the potential impact of reducing assistive technology support during higher education on disabled people’s employment outcomes.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department for Work and Pensions maintains regular dialogue with the Department for Education (DfE) to ensure disabled students are supported as they transition into the labour market. Assistive and accessible technology (ATech) is key to enabling ind...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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