Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 88910
Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve funding for speech and language (a) support and (b) specialists for children in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.
Answer
Georgia GouldThe department, in collaboration with NHS England, has extended the Early Language and Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme, to strengthen early identification and intervention for children with speech, language and communication needs in early years...
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