Question follow-through · 90284
Further Education: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that blind and partially sighted students in further education (a) with and (b) without education, health and care plans are able to access (i) specialist vision im
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that blind and partially sighted students in further education (a) with and (b) without education, health and care plans are able to access (i) specialist vision im
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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8 Dec 2025
Answer published
Support for people with visual impairments in and transitioning into, further education is guided by legal duties under the Equality Act 2010 and the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice, with tailored provisions depending on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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