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Children: Dyslexia

Commons · Question 120253 · 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 requires local authorities to collect in relation to the numbers of children with dyslexia in education in their area.

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...