Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes in funding by local authorities to deaf children's education on the provision of such education.

In relation to meeting with representatives of the National Deaf Children’s Society, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 June 2018 to Question UIN 146815.

My officials will be in touch with the National Deaf Children’s Society in due course to discuss their recent report on local authority funding.

In relation to assessing the recent changes in funding by local authorities to deaf children's education on the provision of such education, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 June 2018 to Question UIN 152124.