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Pupils: Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Commons · Question 30649 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 19 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis of and (b) training for foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in schools.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 19 Feb 2025

The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.All teachers are teachers of pupils with SEND, and the depart...