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If he will issue national guidance on the use of Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf babies and children; and if he will increase funding to promote greater access to Auditory Verbal therapy in (a) Derby South constituency and (b) the rest of England.

The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever. This includes all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, including non-hearing children. Auditory verbal therapy is one o…read full →

Pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 12858 on Special Educational Needs: Teachers and Classroom Assistants, if she will make it her policy to add (a) specialist support teaching assistants and (b) teachers of sensory impairment to the staff roles collected in the annual census.

There are currently no plans to change the collected list of staff roles in the school workforce census.

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle irregular migration to the UK.

We engage regularly with our international partners on irregular migration, with a commitment to tackling people trafficking and the gangs profiting from it. In July we announced steps to reinforce our cooperation with Europol and, through …read full →

How many (a) specialist support teaching assistants and (b) teachers of sensory impairment with a full mandatory qualification in sensory impairment are employed in (i) England, (ii) Derbyshire County Council area and (iii) Derby City Council area; and what information on these roles is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census.

Information on the school workforce in England is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November and published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-edu…read full →