Question follow-through · 70615
Educational Psychology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding will be provided for the training of educational psychologists in 2026-27.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding will be provided for the training of educational psychologists in 2026-27.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2025
Answer published
Educational psychologists play a critical role in the support available to children and young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. The department is investing over £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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