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Children: Dyslexia

Commons · Question 120251 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

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

Answered by Georgia Gould, 8 Apr 2026

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...