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Disabled Students' Allowances

Question for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UIN HL44, tabled on 4 June 2014

To ask Her Majesty's Government how personal histories of recognised special educational needs will be taken into account when making assessments of eligibility for the Disabled Students' Allowance.

Answered on

18 June 2014

There are no proposed changes to the current process of assessment. All applicants for the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs) will undertake a study needs assessment and independent study needs assessors will provide recommendations, giving due regard to personal histories of recognised special educational needs, where these have been provided. The support and strategies recommended by assessment centres will be provided by a combination of reasonable adjustments by Higher Education Institutions and DSAs.

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills