Disabled Students' Allowances: Computers

(asked on 6th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the value for money students who have paid £200 to receive a laptop under the Disabled Student Allowance receive.


Answered by
Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
This question was answered on 14th February 2019

The department has not made an assessment of the value for money of Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) computer equipment. However, recent research commissioned by the department indicates that, overall, 73% of 558 students surveyed were satisfied with IT equipment funded by DSAs.

The research is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770546/Evaluation_of_DSAs_Report_IFF.pdf.

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