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451546

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date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Hearing Impaired
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide support to local councils to ensure they protect deaf clubs for people seeking support and help in getting back to work.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	26464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that councils play in supporting those who need additional help when seeking to get back into the workplace. However, as democratically elected organisations, local authorities are independent from central Government and are responsible for managing their budgets in line with local priorities.</p><p>This year’s Local Government Financial Settlement does provide a reasonable offer to local government, with a settlement which is essentially flat in cash terms, moving from £44.5 billion in 2015-16 to £44.3 billion in 2019-20. By 2020, when councils will be 100% funded by council tax, business rates and other local revenues, they will finally be fully accountable to their electorate for their financing, decisions and actions.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/02/2016 14:22:43 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

451547

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Services: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that councils do not discriminate against people for whom British Sign Language is their first language in the provision of council services.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	26462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The responsibility for providing appropriate support to enable meaningful communication with deaf people by local authorities lies with the local authorities themselves.</p><p>All local authorities have a legal responsibility under sections 20 and 29 of the Equality Act 2010 not to discriminate against disabled people in the provision of services and to make 'reasonable adjustments', which means for example providing information in an accessible format to allow deaf people to have equal access to their services.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/02/2016 14:24:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

451548

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Smoke Alarms: Hearing Impaired
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that local fire authorities install deaf awareness alternative smoke alarms in homes which make use of warning lights rather than sound as a warning system when requested.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	26463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2016 answer text <p>We expect local fire and rescue authorities to determine how to allocate their resources to best protect their communities from the risks from fire. Although each authority delivers a range of community fire safety interventions designed to prevent and reduce the risk from accidental dwelling fires, all also carry out a programme of home fire safety visits. In some cases, these visits, which offered tailored fire safety advice in the home, are focussed specifically on those who may be particularly vulnerable, including older people and those with disabilities. Fire and rescue authorities will, in certain circumstances, offer to provide and install free smoke alarms to households without them. This will include alarms designed specifically for those who may be deaf or have other hearing difficulties. How fire and rescue authorities decide where best to target their home fire safety visits and what fire safety equipment, if any, would reduce most effectively the risk to the household is a local matter based on a local assessment of risk.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/02/2016 09:30:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

451549

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Long Term Unemployed People: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision his Department is making to improve employment outcomes for long-term unemployed people with deaf impairment for whom British Sign Language is their first language.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	26465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all disabled people have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We offer a number of programmes and initiatives that successfully support disabled people into work, including deaf people or those with hearing loss who use British Sign Language.</p><p>Employment programmes such as Work Choice, Specialist Employability Support and Access to Work help disabled people, including BSL users, find, start and remain in work. Access to Work has a dedicated Deaf and Hearing Loss Team, which ensures that people with deafness or hearing loss receive specialist advice and support. Deaf people and those with hearing loss represent the largest group of people helped by Access to Work.</p><p>Last month, DWP took an important step in making Government services accessible to deaf people or those with hearing loss with the launch of the Video Relay Service (VRS), a six-month pilot which will ensure that BSL users can communicate with DWP staff quickly and easily. This service is available for Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and the Access to Work enquiry lines. VRS can be accessed on a laptop or PC, or through an app on iOS or Android devices.</p><p>On 4 January, DWP launched a call for evidence for its Market Review of Communications for people who are deaf or have hearing loss. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/communications-for-people-who-are-deaf-or-have-hearing-loss-market-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/communications-for-people-who-are-deaf-or-have-hearing-loss-market-review</a></p><p>The Disability Confident campaign, launched in 2013, works to improve employer awareness and confidence in unlocking disabled people’s talents, including deaf people and those with hearing loss. We are encouraging employers to register their commitment to become more Disability Confident and receive an information pack and regular updates. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/disability-confident" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/disability-confident</a></p><p>The Equality Act 2010 provides statutory protection against discrimination and sets out that employers must make reasonable adjustments for their disabled workers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/02/2016 15:15:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

451550

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	BBC Parliament: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will discuss with the BBC Parliament channel improving the provision of (a) subtitles and (b) an in-vision interpreter for hearing impaired people.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	26466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The audience share for BBC Parliament is below the Ofcom threshold for Access Service provision. However, we have committed to subtitling 100% of live Commons on the channel by 2019. We will reach this figure by increasing the amount of subtitling by 5% each year and this year will subtitle 85% of live Commons sittings.</p><p>The year to date figure for the total provision of subtitling on BBC Parliament against the total broadcast hours of the channel is 12.05%.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/02/2016 17:36:16 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard