A question on #GCSE #Dyslexia tabled by Lee Anderson on 26-06-2025 has been answered by Catherine McKinnell.

Heading: GCSE: Dyslexia
Question ID: 1816958
UIN: 63023
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-26
Asking Member ID: 4743
Asking Member display name: Lee Anderson
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lee Anderson
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with dyslexia achieved a grade five or above in (a) English and (b) Maths GCSE in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4125
Answering Member display name: Catherine McKinnell
Answering Member handle: CMcKinnellMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @CMcKinnellMP
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Answer text: The information requested is not held centrally. The department holds information on pupils’ special educational needs by 12 types of primary need. Dyslexia is usually included in the wider category of primary need ‘specific learning difficulty’.
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true