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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-20more like thismore than 2019-02-20
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Disabled Students' Allowances: Specific Learning Difficulties more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the undertaking in the letter from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Lord Addington on 3 December that those diagnosed with dyslexia or specific learning difficulties before the age of 16 will no longer have to undertake a second diagnosis to qualify for the Disabled Students’ Allowance, whether those who have been qualified to carry out this assessment will continue to be so after February 2019. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Addington more like this
uin HL13891 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-28more like thismore than 2019-02-28
answer text <p>The department is yet to conclude discussions currently being held with relevant experts, including the British Dyslexia Association, about the qualifications that should be held by those undertaking specific learning difficulty diagnostic assessments that can be used to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The experts with whom the department is discussing this issue have knowledge and understanding of diagnostic assessment undertaken for school pupils. The department expects to conclude these discussions by the middle of March 2019.</p> more like this
answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie more like this
grouped question UIN
HL13892 more like this
HL13893 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-28T17:48:55.8Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-28T17:48:55.8Z
answering member
4169
label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie more like this
tabling member
3453
label Biography information for Lord Addington more like this
1064573
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-20more like thismore than 2019-02-20
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Disabled Students' Allowances: Specific Learning Difficulties more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all potential students with a diagnosis of dyslexia or specific learning difficulties whose assessment was carried out by somebody without the Assessment Practising Certificate before the end of February 2019 will have to undertake and pay for a second assessment to make them eligible for the Disabled Students’ Allowance in the future. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Addington more like this
uin HL13892 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-28more like thismore than 2019-02-28
answer text <p>The department is yet to conclude discussions currently being held with relevant experts, including the British Dyslexia Association, about the qualifications that should be held by those undertaking specific learning difficulty diagnostic assessments that can be used to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The experts with whom the department is discussing this issue have knowledge and understanding of diagnostic assessment undertaken for school pupils. The department expects to conclude these discussions by the middle of March 2019.</p> more like this
answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie more like this
grouped question UIN
HL13891 more like this
HL13893 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-28T17:48:55.847Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-28T17:48:55.847Z
answering member
4169
label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie more like this
tabling member
3453
label Biography information for Lord Addington more like this
1064574
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-02-20more like thismore than 2019-02-20
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Disabled Students' Allowances: Specific Learning Difficulties more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether those involved in teaching and diagnosing pupils with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties in the school system have been consulted about the changes to people who can conduct assessments for eligibility for the Disabled Students’ Allowance. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Addington more like this
uin HL13893 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-02-28more like thismore than 2019-02-28
answer text <p>The department is yet to conclude discussions currently being held with relevant experts, including the British Dyslexia Association, about the qualifications that should be held by those undertaking specific learning difficulty diagnostic assessments that can be used to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The experts with whom the department is discussing this issue have knowledge and understanding of diagnostic assessment undertaken for school pupils. The department expects to conclude these discussions by the middle of March 2019.</p> more like this
answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie more like this
grouped question UIN
HL13891 more like this
HL13892 more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-02-28T17:48:55.877Zmore like thismore than 2019-02-28T17:48:55.877Z
answering member
4169
label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie more like this
tabling member
3453
label Biography information for Lord Addington more like this