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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-12-19more like thismore than 2018-12-19
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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 Special Educational Needs: Equipment more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to payments under the specialist equipment allowance, what the (a) minimum, (b) maximum and (c) average amount a student has had to contribute towards equipment. more like this
tabling member constituency South Shields more like this
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Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck more like this
uin 203907 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>Occasionally, students with particularly complex equipment needs may contribute to the cost of other specialist equipment if they exceed the maximum allowance amount, which in the 2018/19 academic year is £5,529 for the whole course for full-time students. Figures on the numbers of students who exceed the maximum allowance amount are not kept routinely.</p><p>Disabled students who are recommended a higher-powered computer to run assistive software as part of a Disabled Students’ Allowances needs assessment are required to contribute £200 towards the cost of their computer.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Kingswood more like this
answering member printed Chris Skidmore more like this
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label Biography information for Chris Skidmore more like this
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label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck more like this