Asked by: Peter Prinsley (Labour - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to allocate further funding to the Support for Families with Disabled Children programme.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
Each year, the support for families with disabled children (SFDC) programme provides individual grants to approximately 60,000 low-income families raising a disabled or seriously ill child. The department is pleased to support the SFDC programme, and we expect applications to the scheme to re-open shortly.
Future funding decisions beyond this financial year are subject to the ongoing spending review.
Asked by: Peter Prinsley (Labour - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory neurodiversity training for all teaching and support staff in schools, colleges and universities.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket to the answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 41687.