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1028662

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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, pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, what information his Department holds on the demographic characteristics of the students that chose to take up the disabled students’ equipment allowance in each year since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The department has commissioned a research project to examine the effectiveness of Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) and the impact of DSAs on eligible students.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 15:20:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028664

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Student Numbers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, how many full-time undergraduate students were domiciled in England in each year since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publish statistics on the number of students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students</a>.</p><p>In the academic year 2014/15, there was a total of 972,330 English domiciled students enrolled on full-time undergraduate courses at UK HEIs. This compares to 1,004,505 in the academic year 2015/16 and 1,032,950 in the academic year 2016/17.</p><p>Equivalent data for the academic year 2017/18 will be published by HESA on 17 January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/01/2019 17:32:35 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028665

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Part-time Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, if he will publish the information for part-time students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Provisional data for 2017/18 provided by the Student Loans Company (SLC) shows that 1,600 part-time undergraduate English domiciled students have so far been paid Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) for equipment, a 23% increase on the number paid at the same point in the academic year 2016/17 (1,300).</p><p>Data provided by the SLC shows that, in the academic year 2016/17, 1,500 part-time undergraduate English domiciled students were paid DSA for equipment. This compares to 1,700 in the academic years 2015/16 and 2014/15.</p><p>For full-time students only, DSA provisional uptake and expenditure data for 2017/18 show an increase in the number of students benefitting from the equipment allowance to 21,800, compared to 18,700 at the same point in the previous year. The overall expenditure has also risen, to £21.5 million in 2017/18 compared to £14.4 million at the same point the previous year: an increase of almost 50%. This means that the average expenditure per student over those two years has risen to £986 in 2017/18 from £770 at the same point in 2016/17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/01/2019 14:58:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 93985 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028666

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, what the provisional figure is for 2016-2017.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company publish statistics on the number of English domiciled students paid Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA): <a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a>.</p><p>In the academic year 2016/17 the provisional (as at August 2017) figure for the number of English domiciled students paid full-time undergraduate equipment DSA was 18,700.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/01/2019 17:47:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028667

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Disability Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, what steps he is taking to ensure disabled students that are unable to afford the £200 are able to access specialist equipment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Students from the lowest-income households who started their courses this year have access to the largest ever amounts of cash-in-hand support for their living costs. Maintenance support is available in addition to Disabled Students Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 14:43:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028668

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students Allowances: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 199284 on Disabled Students' Allowances: Visual Impairment, what support is available to students who invoke an exceptional case process.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Exceptional Case Process (ECP) provides support to students eligible for the Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), who are in dispute with their higher education provider (HEP) over reasonable adjustments for areas of need identified in the students’ DSAs needs assessment report. The ECP can provide interim funding to pay for recommended support to enable the student to study whilst the dispute is being settled.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the purpose of ECP interim funding to replace reasonable adjustments that should be made by a HEP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/01/2019 17:52:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028669

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students Allowances: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 199284 on Disabled Students' Allowances: Visual Impairment, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that students are aware of their right to invoke an exceptional case process.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Students who are eligible for Disabled Students’ Allowances can apply for the Exceptional Case Process where they have entered into dispute with their Higher Education Provider (HEP). Students will be advised of this process by the HEP’s disability officer or welfare officer. Students will also be advised of the process should they contact the Student Loans Company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/01/2019 17:54:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028671

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 199284 on Disabled Students' Allowances: Visual Impairment, what steps his Department has taken to monitor whether higher education providers are fulfilling their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments for all disabled higher education students and not just those in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2017, the Higher Education Funding Council for England published a report of research into higher education providers’ models of support for disabled students in higher education. The report is available at: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180322111239/http:/www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rereports/year/2017/modelsofsupport/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20180322111239/http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rereports/year/2017/modelsofsupport/</a>.</p><p>The Office for Students’ equality and diversity objectives include challenging higher education providers to reduce gaps in access, success and progression for students from all backgrounds. This includes reducing the challenges for disabled students in accessing, succeeding and progressing in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/01/2019 15:39:48 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1028676

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 199285, whether support recommended through student needs assessments for students with visual impairments is required to be paid for by those students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	203787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Study needs assessments identify the type and level of support required for a student to access their course. This includes the support available from the student’s higher education provider (HEP), and the help available via Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs).</p><p> </p><p>Students should not be required to pay for reasonable adjustments provided by their HEP, or for support recommended by DSAs up to the maximum amount available for each allowance, with the exception of providing a £200 contribution towards computer hardware should this be recommended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/01/2019 15:37:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1020437

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of uptake of disabled students' allowance of the introduction of the requirement for students to contribute £200 towards the costs of specialist equipment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	199283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) data show the uptake of the disabled students’ equipment allowance by full time undergraduate students domiciled in England fell from 28,000 in 2014/15 to 23,400 in 2015/16, the year the £200 contribution was introduced, and to 21,600 in 2016/17. Provisional figures for 2017/18 show an increase of 17% in uptake compared to the provisional figures in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>The SLC National Statistics data are available at <a href="https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/12/2018 17:51:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 91062 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe