Sign Language

(asked on 9th March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Disabled People to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 29 October 2014, how his Department is monitoring the application of guidance to ensure support for people requiring British Sign Language interpreters is sustained and improved; whether the guidance on 30 hours has been continued; and how consistency of support to British Sign Language interpreters is monitored.


Answered by
Mark Harper Portrait
Mark Harper
Secretary of State for Transport
This question was answered on 12th March 2015

I ref the hon. Member to the written statement on Access to Work that I made earlier today.

The Access to Work Deaf and hearing loss team have additional training over and above that provided to other teams specifically focusing on the issues and barriers faced by this user group. This team process all applications for people requiring BSL interpreters and their award decisions are scrutinised by our quality assurance team when funding over £25,000 is recommended to ensure consistency and the correct application of guidance.

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