Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2018 to Question 161192 on disabled Students' Allowance, what statistics on the uptake of disabled students' allowance his Department records; and whether the uptake of that allowance has decreased since the introduction of the £200 contribution for computer equipment.

Statistics on the uptake of Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) are collected and published as National Statistics by the Student Loans Company (SLC). The most recent figures, published in November 2017, show the uptake of the DSAs equipment allowance amongst 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. The SLC National Statistics data are available at https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx.