Brain: Injuries
Commons · Question 100405 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to improve early identification of cognitive, behavioural, and emotional needs arising from acquired brain injury in children, particularly within school settings.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 23 Dec 2025
Children who have had a brain injury can be affected in different ways. Some brain injuries will result in a special educational need (SEN) or a medical need, whilst others may affect a child in other ways. In whatever way a brain injury manifests, it is ...