Dyslexia: Disabled Students’ Allowance Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Dyslexia: Disabled Students’ Allowance

Baroness Manzoor Excerpts
Monday 13th November 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Agnew of Oulton Portrait Lord Agnew of Oulton
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My Lords, specific learning disabilities are treated separately. In a working paper in 2005, where the British Dyslexia Association was part of the consultation group, the view then was that progress into higher education represented a major transition and that more adult-based assessments should therefore be used.

Baroness Manzoor Portrait Baroness Manzoor (Con)
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My Lords, would it be possible for the Minister to take this back? There are some concerns around equality and it would be worth readdressing this issue.

Lord Agnew of Oulton Portrait Lord Agnew of Oulton
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I will need to write to my noble friend on that.