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Specific Learning Difficulties

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 40830 on Dyslexia: Screening, whether her Department has considered international (a) evidence and (b) best practice in the support of pupils with specific le

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 40830 on Dyslexia: Screening, whether her Department has considered international (a) evidence and (b) best practice in the support of pupils with specific le

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, including those with specific learning difficulties. As part of this, the department is considering both international evid...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Schools: Allergies

23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to mandate (a) allergy safety training, (b) the provision of spare epipens and (c) other allergy safety measures in schools.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Supply Teachers: Conditions of Employment and Pay

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) pay and (b) conditions for supply teachers relative to permanent teaching staff.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Supply Teachers

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including supply teachers in any forthcoming workforce strategy for (a) teacher recruitment and (b) teacher retention.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Supply Teachers

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that supply teachers are provided with (a) appropriate access to staff facilities, (b) induction information on school policies, and (c) safeguarding procedure

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Supply Teachers

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that supply teachers are provided with up-to-date information on (a) pupils with (i) special educational needs and (ii) disabilities, and (b) behaviour managem

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Teachers: Training

19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) history, (b) geography, (c) religious education and (d) English secondary school teachers who began initial teacher training in the 2019–20 academic year remained in the teaching professi

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Teachers: Training

19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) history, (b) geography, (c) religious education and (d) English secondary school teachers who began initial teacher training in the 2019–20 academic year and remained in the teaching prof

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breakfast Clubs: Rural Areas

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to rural primary schools to provide breakfast club provision under the early adopter scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Physics: Teachers

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of steps taken to (a) recruit and (b) retain specialist physics teachers in state schools.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Physics: Teachers

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support the retraining of existing science teachers to teach physics in schools without specialist provision.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Physics: Teachers

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the number of physics teachers on post-16 physics uptake in schools in disadvantaged areas.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Universities: Libraries

2 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) reform e-lending rules and (b) enable digital interlibrary loans for university libraries.