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Written question asked by Jen Craft (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 November 2025. It was answered by Dan Tomlinson (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 December 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.


Treasury: Sign Language

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps (a) her Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.

Answer

Across government, there are opportunities to use AI to accelerate the creation of accessible content across public services. If public bodies trial the use of AI in approaches to BSL (British Sign Language), they would be required to conform with both WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) and the Service Standard, and must conduct research with disabled people, including deaf users and where appropriate to the service provision, those who use sign language or a sign language interpreter to interact with the service.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91071
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Treasury Sign language Artificial intelligence
Link
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