Disabled Students' Allowances: North West

(asked on 16th June 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people are in receipt of disabled students' allowance in (a) the North West, (b) Warrington and (c) Warrington North constituency.


Answered by
Lord Willetts Portrait
Lord Willetts
This question was answered on 23rd June 2014

Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘Student Support for Higher Education England'. The latest statistics are available at the following link: http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf

A further breakdown for Warrington North constituency, Warrington LEA and the North West has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.

Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance[1] from Nottingham South

constituency, Nottingham and the East Midlands

Academic Year 2012/13

Effective date: 13/11/2013

Application Type

Full-Time Application

Part-Time Application

Post Graduate DSA

Total

(Area)

No of Applicants Paid

No of Applicants Paid

No of Applicants Paid

No of Applicants Paid

North West Government Region[2]

7,030

350

550

7,940

Warrington LEA[2]

190

10

10

210

Warrington North Constituency[2]

100

-

10

110

Notes:

[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.

[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.

[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.

[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year.

[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.

[6] '-' represents a number less than 5.

Reticulating Splines