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1667943

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	British Sign Language Advisory Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what funding his Department provided to the British Sign Language Advisory Board in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office funds interpreters, palantypists, travel and accommodation for members attending the BSL Advisory Board.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 16:04:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667944

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	British Sign Language Advisory Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to communicate the work of the British Sign Language Advisory Board with the deaf community.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Summaries of meetings of the BSL Advisory Board are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>. These summaries are available both in BSL and in written English.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 16:07:36 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667945

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department's (a) press conferences, (b) social media posts and (c) webpages have been accessible for British Sign Language users since 25 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022" target="_blank">cross-government BSL Report </a>published on 31 July 2023 provides information on the number of British Sign Language videos produced by DWP since June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>DWP does not hold press conferences and the information on social media posts is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 16:06:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667946

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the Prime Minister’s office's (a) press conferences, (b) social media posts and (c) webpages have been accessible to British Sign Language users since 25 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that government communications are available and accessible across multiple channels and in a number of alternative formats in order to meet a range of needs.</p><p> </p><p>British Sign Language interpretation is provided for the vast majority of No.10 press conferences via the BBC News channel (available on Freeview) and iPlayer through the BBC. For No.10 press conferences that do not carry British Sign Language interpretation via the BBC, a British Sign Language interpretation is uploaded on YouTube as soon as possible after the event.</p><p> </p><p>The first Government BSL report was published in July 2023, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a second report on the use of BSL in government communications by 31 July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>No. 10 is an operational part of the Cabinet Office, which is a relevant government department under Section 2 of the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 323 question first answered 15/11/2023 17:53:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667947

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will make an assessment of the potential merits of making Downing Street subject to the reporting requirements of Section 2 of the British Sign Language Act 2022 on a voluntary basis.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that government communications are available and accessible across multiple channels and in a number of alternative formats in order to meet a range of needs.</p><p> </p><p>British Sign Language interpretation is provided for the vast majority of No.10 press conferences via the BBC News channel (available on Freeview) and iPlayer through the BBC. For No.10 press conferences that do not carry British Sign Language interpretation via the BBC, a British Sign Language interpretation is uploaded on YouTube as soon as possible after the event.</p><p> </p><p>The first Government BSL report was published in July 2023, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022/the-british-sign-language-bsl-report-2022</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing a second report on the use of BSL in government communications by 31 July 2024.</p><p> </p><p>No. 10 is an operational part of the Cabinet Office, which is a relevant government department under Section 2 of the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 322 question first answered 15/11/2023 17:53:46 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667948

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects each Government Department to publish its five year plan setting out how it will meet its obligations under Section 2 of the British Sign Language Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>In the first BSL report, published on 31 July 2023, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions committed to ask each ministerial department to produce a 5-year BSL Plan, setting out how they plan to improve the use of BSL within their departments. These will be published at the same time as the next BSL report, which will be published by 31 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 16:11:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667950

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Education Health and Care Plans include (a) courses and (b) other forms of training in British Sign Language for (i) children and (ii) family members.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold the data requested.</p><p>The department collects data from local authorities on the number of children and young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan, but this does not include information on the contents of the plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 13/11/2023 10:04:34 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1667951

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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	Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has his Department made of the adequacy of changes in the level of communication (a) for deaf children in early years settings and (b) between family members who use British Sign Language as their primary language since the entry into force of the British Sign Language Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The British Sign Language (BSL) Act (2022) recognises BSL as a language of Great Britain, and places duties on the DWP Secretary of State:</p><ol><li>to produce a report detailing the use of BSL in the central communications of Ministerial Departments listed in the schedule to the Act; and</li><li>to produce guidance on the use of BSL in the public sector.</li></ol><p> </p><p>To sit alongside the BSL Act, the Government has established a non-statutory board of BSL users to advise it on matters arising from the Act and of importance to Deaf people.</p><p> </p><p>The BSL Advisory Board will advise the Government on the guidance detailed in the BSL Act and its implementation to best represent the Deaf community.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/11/2023 16:03:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft