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Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

Commons · Question 88910 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 21 Nov 2025

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Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve funding for speech and language (a) support and (b) specialists for children in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.

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Answered by Georgia Gould, 21 Nov 2025

The department, in collaboration with NHS England, has extended the Early Language and Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme, to strengthen early identification and intervention for children with speech, language and communication needs in early years...