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date	22/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of secondary (a) mainstream and (b) maintained special schools offered British Sign Language GCSE in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	20083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The department published British Sign Language GCSE subject content in December 2023, following a public consultation last summer. Exam boards are now able to develop detailed specifications, which must be reviewed and accredited by Ofqual before schools and colleges are able to teach them. As such, no schools are currently offering the GCSE. The department’s aim is that exam board specifications will be available to schools who wish to offer the GCSE from September 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 20084 question first answered 02/04/2024 14:29:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1698115

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of British Sign Language GCSE in mainstream secondary schools.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	20084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The department published British Sign Language GCSE subject content in December 2023, following a public consultation last summer. Exam boards are now able to develop detailed specifications, which must be reviewed and accredited by Ofqual before schools and colleges are able to teach them. As such, no schools are currently offering the GCSE. The department’s aim is that exam board specifications will be available to schools who wish to offer the GCSE from September 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 20083 question first answered 02/04/2024 14:29:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle