Question follow-through · 107140
Educational Psychology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many training places were available for educational psychologists at universities in England in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2026 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many training places were available for educational psychologists at universities in England in each of the last five years.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2026
Answer published
The department is investing £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists over two cohorts who started their studies in 2024 and 2025 as part of the Educational Psychology Funded Training scheme. This is in addition to the £10 million already be...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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