Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 120251

Children: Dyslexia

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 8 April 2026

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on children with dyslexia to improve understanding of the number of children with dyslexia in schools, their support needs in the classroom and their educational outcomes.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Information on the numbers of children with dyslexia is not collected separately by the department. Dyslexia is included within the wider special educational need type of ‘Specific learning difficulties’ (SpLD).All the information held by the department r...

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