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date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all potential students with a diagnosis of (a) dyslexia and (b) specific learning difficulties who had their assessment completed by someone without the Assessment Practising Certificate before the end of February 2019 will need to complete and pay for a second assessment to be eligible for the disabled students’ allowance.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	243369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Students with specific learning difficulties, including dyslexia, applying for Disabled Students’ Allowances must provide as evidence of their disability diagnostic assessments undertaken by persons who hold Assessment Practising Certificates or who are registered as psychologists with the Health and Care Professions Council.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/04/2019 15:38:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1111023

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether those people involved in teaching and diagnosing pupils with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties in the school system have been consulted on the changes to who is able to conduct assessments for eligibility for the disabled students’ allowance.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	243370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the department reviewed the requirement that students with specific learning difficulties applying for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) must submit a post-16 diagnostic assessment to determine their eligibility for DSAs. This review also sought views on which assessments should be used to determine eligibility, regardless of the age of the person being assessed. The organisations invited to contribute to the review included organisations involved with teaching and diagnosing pupils with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties in the school system.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/04/2019 15:25:48 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson