Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time disabled students were registered on higher education courses in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on numbers of students with disabilities are published as part of the Statistical First Release on higher education student enrolments and qualifications obtained at higher education providers, which can be found at the following link:

https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications.

Statistics for the 2016/17 academic year will be available from HESA in January 2018.