Maria Caulfield corrected the Commons record on Special Educational Needs and Children’s Mental Health Services

28 February 2022 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Health and Social Care

The words were spoken in the Commons on 9 February 2022. The correction was made by letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 28 February 2022. The corrected text adds the figure £13 million, which the original did not give. Altogether 7 words differ between the two versions.

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The issue for many years has been the lack of a national strategy, but that is changing. What we want, when pilot studies show good initial results, is to roll them out across the country. In the next year, on top of the £1.5 billion spent in the past two years, we are providing an additional £1 billion of high-needs funding for the education of children with ~~more complex needs.~~ The aim of that funding is to reduce waiting lists and variations in practice, make navigation pathways less complex, and improve the speed and quality of diagnosis.	The issue for many years has been the lack of a national strategy, but that is changing. What we want, when pilot studies show good initial results, is to roll them out across the country. In the next year, on top of the £1.5 billion spent in the past two years, we are providing an additional £1 billion of high-needs funding for the education of children with SEND . The aim of that £13 million funding is to reduce waiting lists and variations in practice, make navigation pathways less complex, and improve the speed and quality of diagnosis.

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The issue for many years has been the lack of a national strategy, but that is changing. What we want, when pilot studies show good initial results, is to roll them out across the country. In the next year, on top of the £1.5 billion spent in the past two years, we are providing an additional £1 billion of high-needs funding for the education of children with ~~more complex needs.~~ The aim of that funding is to reduce waiting lists and variations in practice, make navigation pathways less complex, and improve the speed and quality of diagnosis.

The issue for many years has been the lack of a national strategy, but that is changing. What we want, when pilot studies show good initial results, is to roll them out across the country. In the next year, on top of the £1.5 billion spent in the past two years, we are providing an additional £1 billion of high-needs funding for the education of children with SEND . The aim of that £13 million funding is to reduce waiting lists and variations in practice, make navigation pathways less complex, and improve the speed and quality of diagnosis.

The correction in Hansard.

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