Further Education: Disabled Students' Allowances

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce a disabled student's allowance for students in further education.


Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 12th September 2017

We provide Learning Support funding to Further Education colleges and providers to help them meet the additional needs of learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and meet the costs of reasonable adjustments as set out in the Equality Act 2010.

Learning Support can cover a range of requirements including, for example, an assessment for dyslexia, funding to pay for specialist equipment or helpers and arranging signers or note takers. Additional learner support also exists to directly help disadvantaged learners help meet associated learning costs such as childcare, travel and books.

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