Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Bercow Review of support for children and young people with speech, language and communications needs.

There was a comprehensive range of actions undertaken to implement the recommendations of the Bercow Review. The forum for ensuring an effective, coordinated approach across sectors is the Communication Council (as recommended by the Review), which involves Government Departments and the Communication Trust. In particular, the Council is supporting the implementation of the new statutory framework for children and young people with special educational needs and disability, which provides a basis for ensuring children’s communication needs are recognised and supported, as part of a person-centred approach to assessing, planning and securing their education, health and care.