Richard Fuller – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2016-07-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of sign language interpreters and electronic note takers registered with the Disabled Students Allowance Quality Assurance Group to provide support to deaf students from September 2016.

Joseph Johnson

The Department is currently working with Disabled Students’ Allowances Quality Assurance Group to review the number of support workers that have registered to provide each support role funded through Disabled Students’ Allowances. Organisations and individuals are continuing to register to provide these roles, so final figures are not yet available. We will not be able to confirm these numbers until the first DSA QAG audit cycle is completed (which will include an audit of staff details), in December 2017.

The Student Loans Company will monitor any reports about the supply of non-medical support so as to identify whether there are any issues with their availability.