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Special Educational Needs: Dyslexia

Asked by Jo PlattLabour (Co-op)Department for EducationTabled Answered 22 May 2026UIN 319

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of collecting data on the number of pupils in each local authority receiving SEN support for literacy and dyslexia, particularly in relation to (a) the Government's White Paper 'Every Child Achieving and Thriving' and (b) to support the Expert at Hands service.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The department continuously seeks to update and build its evidence base on the prevalence of different types of special educational needs (SEN). The department publishes annual statistics on the primary and secondary types of need for pupils receiving SEN support in the ‘Special educational needs in England’ publication.

The department is consulting on the approach to areas of development and will set out future plans in due course.

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