Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Birmingham Northfield constituency qualify for the disabled students' allowance (DSA); and how many such people will be negatively affected by proposed changes to DSA.

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

A further breakdown for Birmingham Northfield constituency has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.

Current DSA recipients and disabled students applying for DSAs in 2014/15 will not be affected by these changes in 2015/16.

We are currently consulting with a wide range of stakeholders and are working through the detail of how the changes will work in practice, including the number of students affected.

Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance^[1] from Birmingham, Northfield constituency

Academic Year 2012/13

Effective date: 13/11/2013

Notes:

[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.

[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.

[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.

[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year.

[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals do not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.