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Although not specifically mentioned in the Notes for Guidance, it may be possible to claim travel costs to Access centres from the DSA special equipment allowance as part of the assessment costs. Rebecca Small Casas Information and Research Worker Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities Chapter House, 18-20 Crucifix Lane, London SE1 3JW Fax: 0171 450 0650 Website: www.skill.org.uk Information Service open 1.30 - 4.30 pm Monday to Friday: 0800 328 5050 (voice) 0800 068 2422 (text) E-mail: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Wray, Mike [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 25 October 1999 22:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Cost of travel to DSAs assessment Dear All Can a student claim the cost of travel to an Access Centre for a support needs assesssment from the DSAs? If not do members of the list feel that they ought to be able to considering that the centres are often some distance away from where the student is based? Also, could someone point me in the direction of the relevant DfEE regulation? ---------------------------------------- Mike Wray Student Adviser (Disability) "University of the West of England" E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: 0117 976 2180 Minicom: 0117 976 2611 Internal: ext. 2718 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%