Disabled Students' Allowance (EDM815)

Disabled Students' Allowance

EDM number 815 in 2014-15, proposed by George Howarth on 24/02/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Higher education and Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House notes the importance of support for students with disabilities to enable them to access education; is concerned with the proposed changes to the disabled students' allowance (DSA) announced on 7 April 2014 and updated in regulations laid on 16 October 2014; believes that the Non-Medical Help (NMH) aspect of DSA is an important means of support for students with disabilities to achieve and prosper in higher education; further notes the results of a survey by a specialist support provider which found that 42.4 per cent of survey respondents said they would be more likely to drop out if cuts to the DSA fall whilst they are at university; is alarmed that many potential students stand to be affected by the proposed changes to the DSA; further notes with concern the funding and support disparities that would result from the proposed changes; and calls on the Government to review the current proposals to ensure that any student, regardless of disability, has fair and sustainable access to support whilst studying.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
George Howarth	24/02/2015	Knowsley	Labour	Proposed
Alan Meale	25/02/2015	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Jim Shannon	25/02/2015	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	25/02/2015	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	25/02/2015	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	25/02/2015	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	26/02/2015	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	26/02/2015	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	26/02/2015	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	26/02/2015	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Rotheram	27/02/2015	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
David Wright	02/03/2015	Telford	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	03/03/2015	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	03/03/2015	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	03/03/2015	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Graham Stringer	03/03/2015	Blackley and Broughton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	03/03/2015	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	03/03/2015	York Central	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	04/03/2015	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	04/03/2015	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Ian Mearns	04/03/2015	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	04/03/2015	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	04/03/2015	North Down	Independent	Signed
David Ward	04/03/2015	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	04/03/2015	Gower	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	04/03/2015	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Virendra Sharma	04/03/2015	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	04/03/2015	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Liz McInnes	04/03/2015	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	04/03/2015	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	05/03/2015	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	05/03/2015	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/03/2015	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
George Galloway	06/03/2015	Bradford West	Respect	Signed
Julian Huppert	09/03/2015	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	09/03/2015	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Grahame Morris	09/03/2015	Easington	Labour	Signed
Paul Blomfield	09/03/2015	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/03/2015	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/03/2015	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/03/2015	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	17/03/2015	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/03/2015	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Louise Ellman	18/03/2015	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed

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