Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the access of vision impaired pupils to quality learning while learning at home during covid-19 school closures.

We know that for some young people with vision impairment accessing quality learning at home during the COVID-19 outbreak has been challenging.

To help respond to such challenges the government announced, in February, an additional £700 million for a range of additional measures to give early years settings, schools, providers of 16-19 education – including specialist settings – and local authorities the tools they need to target support for all students.

It includes a new one-off £302 million Recovery Premium for state primary and secondary schools will build on the pupil premium, to further support pupils who need it most. Schools have flexibility in how they choose to spend the premium.