Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the funding that higher education institutions receive to recruit and support disabled students is ring-fenced for that purpose.

Higher education institutions are autonomous and independent bodies. They are responsible for meeting their legal obligation to promote disability equality and make reasonable adjustments for disabled people under the Disability Act 2010.

The Government’s funding reforms are providing significant and rising income to institutions to perform all of their duties, including those relating to disability.