PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Access to Work Programme (3 June 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing a BSL interpreter for each individual needing one to fill an access to work position adequately.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

Access to Work is a discretionary grant award designed to assist disabled people and their employers to overcome individual barriers encountered at work. We assess thecosts for all awards, including those for BSL interpreter support, against the specific needs of individual customers. As such, there is no single estimate of the cost of the support the scheme provides.      

Answered by:
Sir Mike Penning (Conservative)
8 June 2014