Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 2284

Dyslexia: Children

Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 2 September 2024

Question

Helen Grant

ConservativeMaidstone and Malling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the diagnosis of dyslexia in children.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Assessments for dyslexia in children are currently provided through Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services by an educational psychologist or an appropriately qualified specialist dyslexia teacher.If a parent thinks their child may be d...

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