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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2023-06-02
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Special Educational Needs: Teachers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to ensure that all children with Multi-Sensory Impairment have access to a Multi-Sensory Impairment teacher. more like this
tabling member constituency Liverpool, Walton more like this
tabling member printed
Dan Carden more like this
uin 187326 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities, schools, and further education settings to commission appropriately qualified staff to support the education of children and young people in their area. The department is exploring further options to maximise take up of the Mandatory Qualification for Sensory Impairment, with a view to improving the supply of teachers for children with sensory impairments.</p><p>The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is also developing an occupational standard for teachers of Sensory Impairment, which the department expect to be delivered from 2025. This will open a paid, work-based route into teaching children and young people with sensory impairments.</p><p>Our reforms, as set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan and the Children’s Social Care Implementation strategy, detail our commitments for providing stronger support for disabled children, including:</p><ul><li>A Law Commission review of children’s social care legislation for disabled children.</li><li>Non-stigmatising and easier to access family help.</li><li>A stronger focus on disabled children in Working Together.</li><li>New metrics that track the experiences of disabled children through the system.</li><li>Strengthened language to encourage areas to adopt Designated Social Care Officers.</li><li>A £30 million investment in innovative approaches to short breaks for disabled children.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency East Surrey more like this
answering member printed Claire Coutinho more like this
grouped question UIN 187327 remove filter
question first answered
less than 2023-06-12T16:51:54.41Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-12T16:51:54.41Z
answering member
4806
label Biography information for Claire Coutinho more like this
tabling member
4651
label Biography information for Dan Carden more like this