Disabled Students' Allowances
(asked on 4th June 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students of each type of main disability are in receipt of disabled students' allowances.
Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Support for Higher Education England'. The latest statistics are available at the following link:
http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf
Information on the disability type for students in receipt of Disabled Students' Allowance is only available at the point of application and so are not included in our routine statistical outputs. The figures provided in the following table reflect the number of applications and do not necessarily correspond to the number of students who were actually awarded and paid.
DSA Application data by disability type Academic Year 2012/13 |
Effective date: 10/07/2013 |
Disability Type | Number of new DSA applicants assessed as eligible for DSA |
Autistic Disorder | 880 |
Blind/Partial Sight | 410 |
Deaf/Partial Hearing | 530 |
Learning Difficulty | 21,720 |
Longstanding Illness | 2,840 |
Mental Health | 3,390 |
Multiple Disabilities | 3,560 |
Disability type not Captured | 1,080 |
Wheelchair/Mobility | 540 |
Other Disability not Categorised Elsewhere | 460 |
Total | 35,390 |
[1] Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.
[2] The data has been derived from analysing free text fields therefore may not be 100% accurate.
[3] Count of Applicants refers to new DSA applicants in academic year 2012/13 who have been assessed as eligible for DSA.
[4] Applications are for new DSA applications received in academic year 2012/13.
[5] Total does not add up due to rounding.