Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will continue to fund the Autism Education Trust to help ensure that teachers in England can access training in autism as part of their continuous professional development.

The department recognises the importance of ensuring that teachers are well equipped to support children and young people with special educational needs or a disability, including those with autism. We are unable to comment on continuing funding for the Autism Education Trust, as decisions about Special Educational Needs and Disabilities contracts for next financial year are still under consideration.