Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what impact assessments he carried out on proposals to change disabled students' allowances.

The proposed changes to Disabled Students' Allowances will be subject to an Equality Analysis, which will consider their impact in relation to protected characteristics. Extensive discussions are underway with a wide range of stakeholders to help inform this.

I will consider a final version of the Equality Analysis before any final decisions are made and regulations are laid before the House.