Question follow-through · 319
Special Educational Needs: Dyslexia
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
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
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
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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