49950
2016-17
695
Disabled Students Allowance Scheme
Danny Kinahan
2016-11-17
That this House notes the importance of the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) scheme for disabled people in Higher Education and the beneficial effect it has on recipients' academic achievements; acknowledges that DSA is associated with improved degree qualifications that result in significantly increased earnings; condemns the Government's reform of DSA, including the introduction of a £200 levy on disabled students who are recommended a computer as part of the essential technology to allow them to study independently and successfully; and accepts that since the introduction of this student contribution, there has been a significant decrease in the number of students taking up the equipment that has been recommended for them despite an increase in the number of assessments.
Disability discrimination
Students
Danny Kinahan
2016-11-17
Proposed
South Antrim
UUP
Margaret Ritchie
2016-11-18
Seconded
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Cunningham
2016-11-18
Seconded
Coventry South
Labour
Alan Meale
2016-11-18
Seconded
Mansfield
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2016-11-18
Seconded
Luton North
Labour
Paul Monaghan
2016-11-18
Seconded
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish National Party
Mark Durkan
2016-11-21
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Marie Rimmer
2016-11-21
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
Jim Shannon
2016-11-21
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Gavin Robinson
2016-11-22
Signed
Belfast East
DUP
George Howarth
2016-11-22
Signed
Knowsley
Labour
Wes Streeting
2016-11-22
Signed
Ilford North
Labour
Lady Hermon
2016-11-22
Signed
North Down
Independent
Tom Elliott
2016-11-22
Signed
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
UUP
Corri Wilson
2016-11-23
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Scottish National Party
Lisa Cameron
2016-11-24
Signed
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Scottish National Party
Angus MacNeil
2016-11-29
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Marion Fellows
2016-11-29
Signed
Motherwell and Wishaw
Scottish National Party
Owen Thompson
2016-11-29
Signed
Midlothian
Scottish National Party
Alex Salmond
2016-11-29
Signed
Joanna Cherry
2016-11-30
Signed
Edinburgh South West
Scottish National Party
John Nicolson
2016-12-01
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2016-12-05
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Hannah Bardell
2016-12-07
Signed
Livingston
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2016-12-07
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Mark Williams
2016-12-15
Signed
Ceredigion
Liberal Democrat
Roger Godsiff
2017-01-09
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Nigel Dodds
2017-01-12
Signed
Belfast North
DUP
Vernon Coaker
2017-01-17
Signed
Gedling
Labour
Stephen Timms
2017-01-19
Signed
East Ham
Labour
Graham Jones
2017-01-26
Signed
Hyndburn
Labour
Rosie Cooper
2017-03-13
Signed
West Lancashire
Labour
Alan Johnson
2017-03-14
Signed
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Labour