To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of prisoners in Northern Ireland prisons are classified as dyslexic. [HL1469]

The Northern Ireland Prison Service does not routinely screen prisoners for dyslexia, although individual prisoners are screened if the prisoner or the education staff identify a need to do so.

At Hydebank Wood young offenders centre, however, every inmate is screened for indicators of dyslexia on committal. In the past three years, some 30 per cent have shown some indications for dyslexia.