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Educational Psychology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce inequalities in access to educational psychologists.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce inequalities in access to educational psychologists.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The department is investing around £1.8 billion over the next three years for local area partnerships, including local authorities and Integrated Care Boards, to develop a new ‘Experts at Hand’ offer, strengthening mainstream education through access to h...

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