Dyscalculia
Commons · Question 91867 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) provide an official NHS definition of dyscalculia and (b) whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including dyscalculia in NHS A-Z conditions.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 25 Nov 2025
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is used to classify diseases and other health conditions and is set by the World Health Organisation. ICD-11 classifies dyscalculia as a developmental learning disorder with impairment in mathematics. We ...