Interpreters: Hearing
Impaired
Cabinet Office written question – answered on 11th
September 2015
Ian Lavery Labour, Wansbeck
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for
what reasons no consultation has taken place with members of the deaf
community, service users and British Sign Language interpreters and service
providers on the National Framework Agreement for interpreting and translation.
Matthew Hancock The Minister for the Cabinet Office
and Paymaster General
There has been extensive stakeholder engagement for
a new Language Services Framework Agreement (RM1092) over the past year,
following which the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has amended the
specification of requirements to address the points that have been raised by
stakeholders, including organisations representing deaf people, users, interpreters,
suppliers and industry standards organisations.
CCS has also included the National Union of British
Sign Language Interpreters (NUBSLI), and the National Union of Professional
Interpreters and Translators (NUPIT) as part of the consultation process over
this period.
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