Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment
Commons · Question 101511 · Tabled 18 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 85962 on Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making support for families available fro
Answer
Answered by Olivia Bailey, 12 Jan 2026
The department is committed to ensuring that all children, including deaf and hard of hearing children, have the best possible start in life. The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme aims to identify permanent moderate, severe, and profound deafness an...