Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 20 January 2022Answered: 27 January 2022
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for School Standards (Catherine McKinnell)
We are engaging extensively with families and experts as we seek to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities. We have invested £1 billion into high-needs budgets and £740 million into creating more specialist places. We are rolling out schemes, from the partnerships for inclusion of neurodiversity in schools—the PINS programme—to Inclusion 2028, which are laying the groundwork for long-term reform. We are building a system in which every child can achieve and thrive.