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<p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills supports lipreading, British
Sign Language (BSL) and managing hearing loss provision in England through the Adult
Education Budget (AEB). Colleges and training providers have the freedom and flexibility
to determine how they use their AEB, working with Local Enterprise Partnerships and
local commissioners to determine the appropriate distribution of funding to best meet
the needs of their local learners and businesses, this includes both lip reading and
BSL qualifications where there is a local need for these.</p><p> </p><p>It is not
Public Health England’s role to investigate the availability of lip reading and managing
hearing loss classes. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is leading a review
of the market for BSL and communication support for people who are deaf, deafblind
or have a hearing loss. DWP is currently analysing the feedback received from a consultation
on <em>Communications for people who are deaf or have hearing loss: market review</em>
which ran from 4 January to 4 March.</p>
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