Lord Shinkwin

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that children and young people who enter alternative education provision are assessed by a speech and language therapist to determine whether they have speech, language and communication needs...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they plan to have with NHS Clinical Commissioners about ensuring that speech and language therapy service specifications (1) require speech and language therapy services to have a pathway for when a child o...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide commissioners of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs with guidance on seeking the views of service users and their families and the co-product...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission about ensuring that local area SEND inspections evaluate how effectively local areas use the data collected at age two (Ages and Stages Questionnair...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the publication of their response to the Consultation on Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper and Next Steps (Cm 9626) published in July, which health practitioners the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that NHS England, NHS Improvement, Public Health England and Health Education England use the evidence and findings in the report by I CAN and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapis...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation in the report by I CAN and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Bercow: Ten Years On, published 20 March, that local authorities should include the eviden...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 20 June (HL8430), what are the five active projects funded by the National Institute for Health Research on the effectiveness of speech and language therapy interventi...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 20 June (HL8427), how many disabled people serve on the external steering group working with the Department for Education on updating the mental health and behaviour...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund a national programme of training for education staff working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs, similar to that previously funded for autism.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how UK public spending on disability and incapacity compares with other G7 nations.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spend on supporting people with disabilities and health conditions; and how much this amount has risen in real terms since 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the trailblazer areas proposed in the Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper (Cm 9525) have embedded, or have access to, dedicated speech and lang...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include someone with expertise in speech, language and communication on the external steering group working with the Department for Education on updating the mental health and behaviour guidance for ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commission research into the effectiveness of speech and language therapy interventions for children and young people with mental health needs and speech, language and communication needs.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the Department for Education has had with the Department of Health and Social Care about the findings of the Ofsted and CQC report Local area SEND inspections: one year on, published on 18 October 2017, par...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proposed composition of the national leadership board for children and young people with high needs set out in the green paper Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision.

To ask Her Majesty's Government with which professional bodies and third sector bodies they had discussions in developing their plan for improving social mobility through education Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential, published in December 2017.

To ask Her Majesty's Government with which professional bodies and third sector bodies they had discussions in developing the green paper Transforming children and young people's mental health provision.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Armed Forces veterans there are in the UK in total, including those not in receipt of a pension or payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; and of those, how many are below the age of 66.