AQW 14777/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 16/02/2021
Answered On Date: 03/03/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils who have been diagnosed with dyslexia in each of the last five years.

Answer:

The Education Authority (EA) has advised that precise number of school pupils who have been diagnosed with dyslexia, on an annual basis, in Northern Ireland is not available.

From the annual school census figures held by the Department, the number of pupils attending primary, post primary and special schools recorded as having Dyslexia over the last five years are as follows:

Year	No of pupils recorded as having Dyslexia
19/20	9861
18/19	10121
17/18	9803
16/17	9590
15/16	9407