Oral QuestionHouse of Commons Commission

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to further restrict access to the House of Commons in response to the outbreak of covid-19.

Tabled: 16 March 2020Answered: 19 March 2020

Asked by

Clive Efford

LabourEltham and Chislehurst

Answering Minister

the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this—I think this is the fifth or sixth time that SEND has been raised at Prime Minister’s questions. We inherited a system neglected to the point of crisis by the last Government, and so we will deliver the change that is desperately needed. That means increasing funding to the core schools budget by £2.3 billion, which includes almost £1 billion more on high needs budgets. Today we are announcing investment of £740 million to create SEN units in mainstream schools which deliver specialist support, and I am very pleased to take that forward.