Question follow-through · 98797
Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to improve a) universal, b) targeted and c) specialist speech, language and communication support.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 97 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to improve a) universal, b) targeted and c) specialist speech, language and communication support.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
On 23 February, we published the ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper, alongside a ‘SEND Reform: Putting Children and Young People First’ consultation. We announced an investment of over £40 million to increase support available from speech an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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