Written question asked by Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 November 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 1998. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Monday, 30 November 1998 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many children in each local education authority area are identified as being dyslexic in the most recently available figures.

Answer: Mr. Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many children in each local education authority area are identified as being dyslexic in the most recently available figures. [60952] Mr. Charles Clarke: Provisions in the Education Act 1981, now consolidated into the Education Act 1996, require schools to submit information on numbers of pupils with special educational needs. There is no requirement for them to record the nature of the disability or learning difficulty. The Statistical Bulletin Special Educational Needs in England published annually summarises the information available on special educational needs. This includes details of pupils with statements by local education authority area and region, and details of pupils, with and without statements, in maintained primary and secondary schools by local education authority area and region.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 321 c64W; 60952
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Dyslexia Local education authorities Pupils Primary education Schools Special educational needs Secondary education
Legislation: Education Act 1996; Education Act 1981
Contains statistics: Yes