Question follow-through · 128133
Police: Hearing Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that police forces are able to communicate effectively with Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL).
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that police forces are able to communicate effectively with Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL).
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
Policing is operationally independent, and it is for Chief Constables to ensure that their forces are able to communicate effectively with all members of the public, including those who use British Sign Language.The National Police Language Services (NPLS...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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