Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 101511

Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 12 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 85962 on Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making support for families available fro

Answer

Olivia Bailey

The department is committed to ensuring that all children, including deaf and hard of hearing children, have the best possible start in life. The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme aims to identify permanent moderate, severe, and profound deafness an...

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