Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data his Department collects on the number of apprentices who have dyslexia.

Information on Apprenticeship participation and success rates by individuals with dyslexia is collected through the Individualised Learner Record and is published in the Equality and Diversity tables (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-equality-and-diversity alongside the Statistical First Release (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held).

Learning Difficulties, including dyslexia, are based on self-declaration by the learner.