Question follow-through · 118960
Lipreading: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of making funding available to provide lip-reading courses for people with hearing loss.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of making funding available to provide lip-reading courses for people with hearing loss.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Adult Skills Fund (ASF) fully funds or co-funds education and skills training for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, to help them gain the skills they need for work, an apprenticeship or further learning. As well as qualifica...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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