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01 May 2025

Solving the SEND Crisis

Prof Ian Kessler gave evidence at Westminster

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster

On 29 April 2025 Prof Ian Kessler was among a number of experts giving oral evidence to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on 'Solving the SEND Crisis'.

The session provided members of the committee, which is chaired by Helen Hayes MP, the opportunity to enquire about the main points of the Unit report on the challenges facing the SEND therapy workforce and approaches to how these are being, and might be, addressed.

Further details about the report (including a summary and a blog) are available via the 15 May 2024 news item at the time of its publication. The report, by Prof Kessler and Unit Director Prof Boaz, formed part of the Policy Research Unit's commissioned work under the 2019-23 contract.

The recording of the committee session (two hours long) is available on parliamentlive.tv.

In this story

Ian Kessler

Professor of Public Policy and Management

Annette Boaz

Professor of Health and Social Care