Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 85964
Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment
Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Access to Work scheme for deaf people.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThere is a variety of contact methods which customers with hearing loss can utilise. These include textphone, Video Relay Service and email as a reasonable adjustment. Where a customer would like to use email as a method of contact, they should inform the...
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