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Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 July 2019. It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of teachers of the deaf to ensure deaf children are supported in financial year (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-2021 and (c) 2021-2022.

Answer

The information is not held centrally. It is up to local authorities to work with the schools in their area to identify the nature of specialist support services they commission, according to the needs of schools in their area.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
277614
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Hearing impairment Pupils Standards Teachers Special educational needs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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