AQW 3830/22-27


Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim


Tabled Date: 30/09/2022
Answered On Date: 17/10/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education how many school age children have been diagnosed with dyslexia in each of the last five years.


Answer:
The Department does not hold information on when a pupil received their diagnosis. The total number of school age children recorded by primary, post primary and special schools with dyslexia for the last five years can be found in the table below.
Academic Year
Pupils recorded as dyslexic
2021/22
8,239
2020/21
9,310
2019/20
9,861
2018/19
10,121
2017/18
9,803
Source: Annual School Census