Question follow-through · 52083
Hearing Impairment: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue national guidance on the use of Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf babies and children; and if he will increase funding to promote greater access to Auditory Verbal therapy in (a) De
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue national guidance on the use of Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf babies and children; and if he will increase funding to promote greater access to Auditory Verbal therapy in (a) De
15 May 2025
Target answer date
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19 May 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. This includes all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, including non-hearing children. Auditory verbal therapy is one of a range of ap...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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