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Special Educational Needs: Staff

Commons · Question 23475 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the steps the Government are taking to invest in the specialist SEND workforce, including QTVIs and habilitation specialists.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 7 Sep 2026

The government is investing around £1.8 billion over three years to develop Experts at Hand, giving mainstream education settings access to specialist support from professionals including speech and language therapists (SaLTs), occupational therapists, ed...