Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 19 December to Question 203781 on Disabled Students Allowances: Part-time Education, if he will publish a breakdown expenditure under that allowance in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2016-17.

As at August 2018, provisional data provided by the Student Loans Company (SLC), shows that £2 million has so far been paid to English part-time students in Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) for equipment. This compares to £1.4 million paid at the same point in the academic year 2016/17.

Final data for 2016/17 provided by the SLC shows £1.6 million was paid to English domiciled part-time students in DSA for equipment.