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FOI/202600515565 · FOI · unclear

Student Awards Agency Scotland - Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) statistics: FOI release

Published
2026-10-21
Received
2026-04-27
Responded
2026-05-21
Directorate
Topic
Education, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

Please provide aggregated statistical information relating to Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) for students in higher education in Scotland.

Time period: 1 January 2023 to the most recent academic year available.

Please include:

1. The number of students receiving DSA each academic year.

2. Where available, the number of DSA recipients by higher education provider.

Response

1. The number of students receiving DSA each academic year.

We publish the number of supported students in receipt of DSA on our website National Statistics Publications within the Data Tables section at Table FT.3.

2. Where available, the number of DSA recipients by higher education provider.

The attached document contains a breakdown of the information you have requested above for academic years 2022-23 to 2024-25.

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