Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 38291

Prisoners: Dyslexia

Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of inmates with dyslexia in prisons in (a) Somerset, (b) the South West and (C) the UK.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
His Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) offers screening to prisoners upon entry to prison to help identify any additional needs they may have, including those associated with dyslexia. We would not attribute any additional needs that are iden...

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