Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 107292

Special Educational Needs: Occupational Therapy

Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist occupational therapists to support children and young people with SEND in schools.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The department is working closely with the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England to improve access to community health services, including occupational therapy for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (...

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