Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential financial impact of the proposals set out in the consultation on assistive software funded through the Disabled Students' Allowance.

The department has undertaken internal indicative cost modelling on the potential financial impact of the proposals set out in the recent consultation on assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance, which suggests that any estimates would be highly uncertain.