PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Telecommunications: Disability (10 December 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will commission research on the proportion of public and private service providers which offer access to their services through video relay.

Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)

Answer

Annual correspondence with the FTSE 100 companieshas indicated that from 2013 to present there has been a steady increase in the number of companies that provide video relay. With regards to public sector, DWP plan to launch a pilot service by the end of the year.


Answered by:
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
15 December 2015

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