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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-06-12more like thismore than 2014-06-12
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Disabled Students' Allowances: Birmingham 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 Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency are eligible for disabled students allowance (DSA); and how many such people will be negatively affected by proposed changes to DSA. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Selly Oak more like this
tabling member printed
Steve McCabe more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-06-19more like thismore than 2014-06-19
answer text <p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>'. The latest statistics are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p>A further breakdown for Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.</p><p>Current DSA recipients and disabled students applying for DSAs in 2014/15 will not be affected by these changes in 2015/16.</p><p>We are currently consulting with a wide range of stakeholders and are working through the detail of how the changes will work in practice, including the number of students affected.</p><p><strong>Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance<sup>[1]</sup> from Birmingham, </strong><strong>Selly Oak constituency</strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2012/13</p><p>Effective date: 13/11/2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Application Type</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Full-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Part-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Post Graduate DSA</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Area)</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p><strong>No of Applicants Paid</strong></p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Selly Oak<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p><strong>[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.</strong></p><p><strong>[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.</strong></p><p><strong>[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include </strong><strong>students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</strong></p><p><strong>[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year. </strong></p><p><strong>[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.</strong></p>
answering member constituency Havant more like this
answering member printed Mr David Willetts more like this
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less than 2014-06-19T15:06:20.3299784Zmore like thismore than 2014-06-19T15:06:20.3299784Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Lord Willetts more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Steve McCabe more like this