Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase take-up of disabled student allowances from eligible higher education students.

Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) provide valuable support to eligible disabled students, enabling them to participate in higher education alongside non-disabled students. In 2015/16, the last full year for which data are available, almost 59,000 full-time undergraduate students domiciled in England received DSAs support, with a total expenditure of over £115 million. Information on how to apply for DSAs and what support they offer is freely available on GOV.UK.