Question follow-through · 15008

Educational Psychology: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the challenges of (a) recruiting and (b) retaining educational psychologists to ensure the effective processing of education, health and care plans.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 19 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 21 Nov 2024
Answer: 27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

19 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the challenges of (a) recruiting and (b) retaining educational psychologists to ensure the effective processing of education, health and care plans.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2024
Answer published
This department’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Educational psycho...

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