Sign Language
(asked on 10th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered sign language interpreters, and (2) sign language users, there are in the UK.
This question was answered on 22nd May 2018
Currently there are 908 registered sign language interpreters, and 234 trainee interpreters.
It is estimated there are currently at least 24,000 people in the UK for whom British Sign Language (BSL) is their first language.