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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

1666534

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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	Disability: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the findings of the consultation on the Disability Action Plan.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	203879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The consultation closed on 6 October. We are currently carefully analysing the responses received and revising proposals accordingly. We plan to publish the findings and final Disability Action Plan together, at the first appropriate opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2023 11:48:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1666174

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Social Security Benefits: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether AI is used in his Department's sanctions processes.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	203546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not currently use Artificial Intelligence in sanctions processes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/10/2023 15:29:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1666248

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
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	Access to Work Programme: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the shortest waiting time was for any person applying for Access to Work in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	203547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>During October 2023 a number of Supported Internship and Mental Health Support service direct referrals have had a decision within 1 day of the person making the application.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/10/2023 14:30:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1662956

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Jobcentres: Assistive Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres have specialist assistive technology installed on their customer computer kiosks.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	200810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>I would refer to the answers previously given at PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-01/196829" target="_blank">196829</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-22/186156" target="_blank">186156</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-17/185499" target="_blank">185499</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its commitment to make services accessible to all customers, the Department provides computers for customer use in Jobcentres which have assistive technology built into them such as screen readers and screen magnification and are managed separately from the wider DWP IT estate. The Department also provides a range of peripheral items in each Jobcentre such as alternative keyboards. Computers for customer use with specialist assistive technology are currently available in 574 Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can also access a wide range of services which can support their needs such as braille and large print documents being made available upon request.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP have also improved access to our Wi-Fi services in all Jobcentres, allowing customers to use their own personal devices if they prefer.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 200819 question first answered 23/10/2023 10:48:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1662965

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Jobcentres: Assistive Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the suitability of hardware and software installed in jobcentres to assist jobseeker with complex disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	200819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>I would refer to the answers previously given at PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-01/196829" target="_blank">196829</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-22/186156" target="_blank">186156</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-17/185499" target="_blank">185499</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As part of its commitment to make services accessible to all customers, the Department provides computers for customer use in Jobcentres which have assistive technology built into them such as screen readers and screen magnification and are managed separately from the wider DWP IT estate. The Department also provides a range of peripheral items in each Jobcentre such as alternative keyboards. Computers for customer use with specialist assistive technology are currently available in 574 Jobcentres.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can also access a wide range of services which can support their needs such as braille and large print documents being made available upon request.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP have also improved access to our Wi-Fi services in all Jobcentres, allowing customers to use their own personal devices if they prefer.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 200810 question first answered 23/10/2023 10:48:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft