Education

Tuesday 23rd January 2024 Ministerial Corrections

SEND Provision and Funding

The following is an extract from the Backbench Business debate on SEND Provision and Funding on Thursday 11 January 2024.

[David Johnston]

We have a universal SEND services programme, which more than 11,000 staff have already accessed to improve their knowledge and skills. We are also funding the training of 7,000 early years staff with a level 3 SENCO qualification, as my hon. Friend the Chair of the Education Committee said. Some 5,200 staff have begun that training, so we are on track with that target.

[Official Report, 11 January 2024, Vol. 743, c. 524.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston):

An error has been identified in my speech in the debate on SEND Provision and Funding. The correct statement should have been:

[David Johnston]

We have a universal SEND services programme, which more than 11,000 staff have already accessed to improve their knowledge and skills. We are also funding the training of 7,000 early years staff with a level 3 SENCO qualification, as my hon. Friend the Chair of the Education Committee said. Some 5,200 staff have registered for that training, so we are on track with that target.