Oral QuestionDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

What discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on how to accelerate the acceptance of data generated in non-animal methods for drug safety decision making.

Tabled: 14 November 2024Answered: 20 November 2024

Asked by

Ben Obese-Jecty

ConservativeHuntingdon

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for School Standards (Georgia Gould)

The Department is bringing forward reforms to improve the SEND system long term. With this investment in local authorities and other parts of the systems comes a strong focus on improvement. Through SEND reform plans, we will be carefully monitoring performance and offering support, but also intervening strongly where there is persistent failure.