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Learning Disability: Work Experience

Commons · Question 18924 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 18 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with learning disabilities can access work experience opportunities.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 18 Dec 2024

The department is committed to ensuring that young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have equitable access to work experience opportunities.Data published by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) provides evidence of an incr...