Firstly, it is critically important that measures are taken to ensure that visually impaired children have all the necessary support in educational settings, and more widely at home.
Therefore, I am pleased that high needs funding, which is specifically for supporting children with more complex SEND, will be increasing by £1 billion during the 2022-23 financial year. This will bring the overall funding for high needs to £9.1 billion and this increase of 13 per cent comes on top of the £1.5 billion increase over the last two years.
Decisions about how this funding is used, including for the employment of specialist teachers for visually impaired children, is made by local authorities and schools.
More broadly, the Department for Education's SEND Green Paper proposes to establish a single national SEND system. This aims to set clear standards for provision, processes and systems, clear roles and responsibilities, and set strengthened accountabilities at every level. This will help to improve outcomes and improve consistency for children and young people with SEND, including the visually impaired.
Finally, regarding the Guide Dogs report on children and young people with vision impairment, it makes a number of recommendations for the Government to consider. As such, a number of measures are in place to support children who are visually impaired.