Caroline Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students received disabled students’ allowance in Brighton and Hove local authority area in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.

Mr David Willetts

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 Brighton and Hove local authority has been provided in the table. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.

Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance from Brighton and Hove Local Authority

Academic Year 2012/13

Effective date: 13/11/2013

	Academic Year
	2012/13
Application Type	Number Paid DSA
Full-Time Application	450
Part-Time Application	10
Post Graduate DSA	80
Total	530
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.

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