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Written question asked by Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 4 December 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 December 2014. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.


Disabled Students' Allowances: Assistive Technology

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of Disabled Students' Allowance is provided for (1) computers and assistive technology, and (2) training to use that technology.

Answer

Information on Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure is not available at the level requested.

A breakdown of Disabled Students’ Allowance expenditure by allowance type was presented in ‘Disabled Students’ Allowance: Equality Analysis’, which was published in October 2014.” The publication can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364182/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3441
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Disability Training Students Disabled students' allowances Assistive technology
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk