Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121419

Special Educational Needs: Staff

Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Saqib Bhatti

ConservativeMeriden and Solihull East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists will be required annually to deliver the Experts at Hand programme.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The government is providing substantial, targeted investment to help local areas grow and strengthen their specialist workforce. Over the next three years, £1.8 billion will be made available to local area partnerships to develop and rollout of the Expert...

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