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Special Educational Needs: Occupational Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist occupational therapists to support children and young people with SEND in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
26 Jan 2026
Answer
26 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist occupational therapists to support children and young people with SEND in schools.

  2. 26 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The department is working closely with the Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England to improve access to community health services, including occupational therapy for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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