Question follow-through · 6779
Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on disabled students, including on educational outcomes and equality, of proposals to restrict funding for specialist assistive software through D
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Schools: Sanitary Products · 23 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on disabled students, including on educational outcomes and equality, of proposals to restrict funding for specialist assistive software through D
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
Supporting disabled students to access and succeed in higher education is a government priority. Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) provides support to remove disability-related barriers to learning, enabling students to access academic opportunities. DSA...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Schools: Sanitary Products
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Disabled Students' Allowances
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to undertake further engagement with (a) disabled students, (b) suppliers of specialist assistive technology and (c) other stakeholders before implementing changes to Disabled Stude