Written question asked by Lorraine Beavers (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 March 2026. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Friday, 20 March 2026 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who use Access to Work for the provision of British Sign Language interpretation receive funding for an additional condition to difficulty in hearing.
- Answer
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Although the Department collects information on the medical condition(s) of Access to Work customers and the types of support they are awarded and claim payment for, we are unable to link awarded support elements to specific medical conditions without manually examining individual case notes. It would therefore incur a disproportionate cost to identify what support, if any, customers receiving a ‘BSL Interpreter’ have been awarded in relation to medical conditions other than ‘Difficulty in hearing’.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 120204
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Hearing impairment Access to work programme Interpreters Sign language
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2026-03-20 11:03:10 +0000
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