Question follow-through · 94268
Hearing Impairment: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Disability Unit is taking to embed deaf awareness across Government services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Disability Unit is taking to embed deaf awareness across Government services.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Disability Unit within Cabinet Office has responsibility for the British Sign Language (BSL) Act 2022, which has created a greater recognition and understanding of BSL and deaf awareness. The Act requires the government to report on what departments l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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