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Educational Psychology: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of education psychologists.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
3 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of education psychologists.

  2. 3 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  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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