Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made for the (a) quality, (b) availability and (c) adequacy of funding of social services for disabled children.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
I refer the right hon. Member for East Antrim to the answer I gave on 4 July 2018 to Question 159051.
Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been paid out to disabled students allowances in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The table below provides information on the numbers of English-domiciled students who have applied for and received Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) in the last three years.
| Full-time undergraduate students | Part-time undergraduate students | Postgraduate students | |||
Academic year | Number of students | Amount paid (million) | Number of students | Amount paid (million) | Number of students | Amount paid (million) |
2013/14 | 60,200 | £134.2 | 2,700 | £6.6 | 5,600 | £11.9 |
2014/15 | 59,900 | £132.2 | 3,500 | £8.6 | 5,800 | £11.0 |
2015/16 | 58,900 | £115.6 | 3,800 | £8.9 | 5,600 | £10.6 |
2016/17* | 54,900 | £92.1 | 3,400 | £6.4 | 7,100 | £11.4 |
*Figures for 2016/17 are provisional.
(Source: Student Loans Company http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx)
Although we do not yet have full-year data for 2016/17, we expected to see a reduction in DSAs’ take-up from 2016/17 as higher education providers are now expected to provide less specialist non-medical help for disabled students as part of their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.
Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have applied for the disabled student's allowance in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The table below provides information on the numbers of English-domiciled students who have applied for and received Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) in the last three years.
| Full-time undergraduate students | Part-time undergraduate students | Postgraduate students | |||
Academic year | Number of students | Amount paid (million) | Number of students | Amount paid (million) | Number of students | Amount paid (million) |
2013/14 | 60,200 | £134.2 | 2,700 | £6.6 | 5,600 | £11.9 |
2014/15 | 59,900 | £132.2 | 3,500 | £8.6 | 5,800 | £11.0 |
2015/16 | 58,900 | £115.6 | 3,800 | £8.9 | 5,600 | £10.6 |
2016/17* | 54,900 | £92.1 | 3,400 | £6.4 | 7,100 | £11.4 |
*Figures for 2016/17 are provisional.
(Source: Student Loans Company http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx)
Although we do not yet have full-year data for 2016/17, we expected to see a reduction in DSAs’ take-up from 2016/17 as higher education providers are now expected to provide less specialist non-medical help for disabled students as part of their responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010.
Asked by: Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to remove the 50 per cent admissions cap on faith schools.
Answered by Anne Milton
The ‘Schools that work for everyone’ consultation document proposed that we replace the 50% admissions cap on faith free schools with a series of strengthened safeguards to promote inclusivity.
We greatly value the important role faith schools play in our education system and as such, we plan to respond to these proposals regarding the establishment of new faith free schools in due course.