Written questions

Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

Commons · Question 31441 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 28 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of school sensory equipment; and what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of that equipment.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 28 Feb 2025

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.All education settings have duties under the Equality Act 2010 towards individual disabled children and young people. Part 6 of the Equality Act outlines that schoo...