<p>The Student Loans Company does not distinguish between hardware and software within Disabled Student’s Allowance (DSA). These would both be grouped under the DSA equipment allowance. Therefore, it is not possible to separately identify the number of students who are in receipt of assistive hardware and assistive software technology through the DSA.</p><p>The number of students who were in receipt of assistive technology through the DSA equipment allowance in the 2018-19 academic year are:</p><p>i. 92 students whose home address is registered as Wirral; and</p><p>ii. 35 students whose home address is registered as Wallasey.</p><p>Figures are not yet available for the 2019-20 academic year.</p>