Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to allocate funding for the training of educational psychologists after 2020.

The educational psychologist workforce is critical to identifying special educational needs and their contribution is a mandatory requirement in the assessment process of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. Educational psychologists also provide essential wider support to schools including in relation to mental health, personal, health and social education, and major incident support for children in their communities.

Funding levels for training for Educational Psychologists for 2020-21 and beyond will be decided as part of future Spending Reviews.

The Minister of State for Children and Families would welcome the opportunity to meet with Association of Educational Psychologists in due course.