Question follow-through · 91186

Department of Health and Social Care: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his department and (b) its sponsored bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) utilise Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 14 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 18 Nov 2025
Answer: 24 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

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Recorded timeline

14 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his department and (b) its sponsored bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) utilise Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department and its sponsored bodies are not currently taking steps to develop or use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language. However, the Department is aware of products that are being developed in this space and at pace. As and w...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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