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Division Vote (Commons)
21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Claire Young (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 390
Written Question
Special Educational Needs: Teachers
Tuesday 21st October 2025

Asked by: Claire Young (Liberal Democrat - Thornbury and Yate)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will increase funding for the recruitment of specialist SEND teachers.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.

There is significant work underway to ensure there is an appropriate training offer in place to support teachers and school leaders to create an inclusive school environment. We have recently reviewed the Initial Teacher Training Core Content Framework and the Early Career Framework which includes significantly more content on adaptive teaching and supporting pupils with SEND.

A review of our National Professional Qualifications is also underway, which includes a key focus on including further best practice for teaching pupils with SEND.

This core offer is supplemented by further SEND-specific training that is easy to access at any point in your career through the Universal SEND Services contract. This programme aims to support the school and further education workforce, particularly in mainstream settings, to identify and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND, including those with autism, earlier and more effectively.

While school leaders have the autonomy and authority to make recruitment decisions, as they are best placed to understand their own context and pupils’ needs, the government is supporting them by increasing the core schools budget by £3.7 billion in 2025/26, meaning it will total £65.3 billion, compared to almost £61.6 billion in 2024/25.

This additional funding provides an above real-terms per pupil increase on the core schools budget, taking per-pupil funding to its highest ever level, enabling us to transform the SEND system.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Time and again in my constituency surgeries, I hear stories of children’s needs going unrecognised and unsupported for years. Given the aim of increasing mainstream inclusion, what are the Government doing to ensure that all teachers receive comprehensive SEND training?..."
Claire Young - View Speech

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Division Vote (Commons)
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Claire Young (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 174 Noes - 321
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Claire Young (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 64 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 174
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Claire Young (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 83 Noes - 319
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Claire Young (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 172 Noes - 322
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Claire Young (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 171
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Official Secrets Act Case: Witness Statements

"Notwithstanding the decision to drop this case, it is clear that China is trying to undermine our democracy. Will the Government include all Chinese officials, Hong Kong special administrative region officials and Chinese Communist party-linked organisations on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme?..."
Claire Young - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Business of the House

"Last week, I visited Christ the King school in Thornbury for the great school lunch, which raises awareness of the benefits of healthy and nutritious school meals. There is real concern that the funding for both school lunches and breakfast clubs is not enough to cover the cost of providing …..."
Claire Young - View Speech

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