Speech and Language Therapy
Commons · Question 4029 · Tabled 3 Sep 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that speech, language and communication (a) needs and (b) development are supported as early as possible including for children whose needs are identified pre-school age.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 11 Sep 2024
Early language skills are vital in enabling children to thrive in the early years and later life, as well as for all aspects of later attainment in school.The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements that...