Hello again
When a person is assessed for DLA it is their living needs like going for hospital appointments, shopping, leisure, etc that are considered (I know you all know that) and people are awarded DLA on this basis, so in theory it is unlikely that they would actually have spare money to pay for travel to study. And even if they did it would be difficult to prove.
It's not really a 'cash cow' situation to expect the DSA to then pay for the extra costs that arise from entering education - that's what they are there for.
Anyway, I have placed below the response I have had from the DfES student support department:
-----Original Message-----
From: dfes.gsi.gov.uk
Sent: 17 December 2003 14:17
To: Deepika Juneja
Subject: RE: DSA travel
Dee
I've had a chat with my colleagues about this one and we have agreed that it would be impractical to ask LEAs to investigate whether a student's DLA mobility component was being used to cover travel costs to the HEI. We would therefore recommend that DLA mobility component should, like the notional travel element of the student loan, be disregarded when an LEA is working out DSA travel costs.
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Regards
Dee Juneja
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