Special Educational Needs: Primary Education
Commons · Question 23473 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled 'Thousands of children with SEND to benefit from assistive tech', published 27 June 2025, if she will confirm the change in EHCPs for children under the age of 8 in
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 15 Sep 2026
The June 2025 press release announced the department’s investment of over £1.6 million in an assistive technology lending library pilot through the ‘SEND and alternative provision change programme’. The press release referenced that the number of children...