Disabled Students' Allowances
(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many current students in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Cumbria and (d) South Lakeland have been awarded disabled students allowance.
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 England, Cumbria and South Lakeland has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. These figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.
Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.
Information on Scottish domiciled students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published by the Student Award Agency for Scotland. A comparable figure for the UK is unavailable.
Students in receipt of Disabled Students' Allowance(1,2) from England, South Lakeland(3) and Cumbria(3)
Academic Year 2012/13
Effective date: 13/11/2013(4)
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 |
England[2] | 54,900 | 2,900 | 4,600 | 62,400 |
South Lakeland[2] | 130 | 10 | 10 | 150 |
Cumbria[2] | 380 | 30 | 20 | 430 |
Notes:
1. Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.
2. DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year.
3. Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.
4. 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.
Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.