PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Telephones: Hearing Impairment (23 November 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the report by the UK Council on Deafness, Impact assessment: telephony equivalence for d/Deaf people, published in November 2013.

Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)

Answer

We welcome what has been achieved over the years with the introduction of Next Generation Text Relay and the number of companies offering video relay services increasing. Public facing Government departments will continue to work with interested parties to ensure this positive progress continues.


Answered by:
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
26 November 2015

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