Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Will Quince and James Grundy

Monday 4th July 2022 Commons Chamber

[Will Quince]

The SEND Green Paper will go some way to addressing that issue. I thank the hon. Lady for her question; she is right to say that educational psychologists play a critical role in identifying need and advising on appropriate support through their statutory role in the education, health and care plan process. Since 2020, we have increased the number of educational psychologists and the trainees we fund to more than 200 from 160 per annum, and we recently announced that we are investing over £10 million to train over 200 more from September 2023.

[James Grundy (Leigh) (Con)]

14. What progress he has made on improving the quality of higher education courses.