Oral Answers to Questions

Jeremy Quin Excerpts

Monday 29th January 2024 Commons Chamber

[Gillian Keegan]

I am glad that the hon. Lady has asked about childcare, because it is yet another illustration of how this Conservative Government are delivering for working parents while the Labour party still does not have a plan. I know what it takes to deliver complex projects. I have delivered many over three decades working in industry all around the world. Given the hon. Lady’s limited experience outside politics, she should focus on not playing party politics and deliver for hard-working parents.

[Sir Jeremy Quin (Horsham) (Con)]

T7.   Educational psychologists are enormously important. What progress are the Government making on their current recruitment drive to increase their number?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (David Johnston)]

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is a highly competitive training scheme. Between 2017 and 2019 the Department filled all 160 of its funded training places per year, and since 2020 it has filled all 200 of the funded places each year. We have now committed to training a further 400 educational psychologists.