Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 26 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest wait time was for the awarding of Disabled Students' Allowance in the 2023-24 academic year.
This information is not currently held centrally. Students applying to the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) for the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) for the first time are referred for an assessment of their needs before a decision can be made. SAAS does not set the timing of this process, as it is undertaken by an external party. A new DSA Online system is currently in development.