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Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology |
| Question ID: |
1785045 |
| UIN: |
HL5799 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3453 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Addington
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Lord Addington
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government which (1) disability, and (2) student groups were consulted ahead of changes to the technology packages available to students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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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 (DSA) funding.The department does n... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |