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Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many speech and language therapists and educational psychologists will be required to deliver the Experts at Hand service set out in the SEND White Paper.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
16 Apr 2026
Answer
22 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many speech and language therapists and educational psychologists will be required to deliver the Experts at Hand service set out in the SEND White Paper.

  2. 16 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for Maidenhead to the answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 121419.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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