Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to review the adequacy of support for disabled students in its review of post-18 education and funding.

The government is committed to ensuring that all students with disabilities receive the best possible support to enable them to study alongside their fellow students on an equal basis.

Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) are available to help disabled students in higher education with the additional study costs they may face due to their disabilities. Alongside DSAs, disabled students can also expect their higher education providers to support them through reasonable adjustments and inclusive good practice in teaching and learning. Higher education providers have received additional funding from the former Higher Education Funding Council for England to support disabled students. We have commissioned an evaluation of DSAs, seeking disabled students’ views on support received from DSAs as well as from their higher education providers. This report will be published later in the summer of 2018. In parallel, the review of post-18 education and funding will look at how we can ensure a joined-up education system that works for everyone and is accessible to all.