| Heading: |
Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology |
| Question ID: |
1801424 |
| UIN: |
51135 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4595 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gareth Snell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Gareth Snell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many organisations were consulted on the decision to cut funding for specialist software from the Disabled Student's Allowance. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-29 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
The department engaged with disability experts who support disabled students to gather their feedback and insights on the decision to remove non-specialist spelling and grammar software from Disabled Students’ Allowance funding. These persons contributed ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |