§ Mr. HeppellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to record the number of young offenders in remand centres or young offenders institutions who suffer from dyslexia.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe prison service has no plans to keep separate records of the number of young offenders who suffer from dyslexia. Particular emphasis is, however, placed upon assisting those young offenders in custody who have a range of learning difficulties. The White Paper "Custody, Care and Justice" (Cm 1647), published in September 1991, states that the first priority for education programmes in prisons must be to identify and provide help for those prisoners who have difficulty reading or writing, and who are unable to do simple arithmetic.