Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121271

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Therapy

Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Sir Desmond Swayne

ConservativeNew Forest West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for SEND practitioners to be provided with training on how to support children with speech, language and communication challenges.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The department recently announced an investment of £15 million to establish new speech and language therapist (SaLT) advanced practitioners in every integrated care board geographical area, to get more SaLTs working in educational settings. These advanced...

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