Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of reductions in the Specialist Teaching Team in Cambridgeshire upon schools in the Huntingdon constituency.

Cambridgeshire’s staffing structures are a matter for the local authority, as is the impact assessment of any changes.

We are improving schools’ access to expert advice and support through the new Experts at Hand service, a £1.8 billion investment over three years designed to give mainstream schools rapid access to specialist special educational needs and disabilities expertise. The indicative funding for the 2026/27 financial year for Experts At Hand in Cambridgeshire is £4,675,232. Cambridgeshire local authority will work with its integrated care board to deliver this new service, which will support schools in the Huntingdon constituency.