Mark Hendrick
Labour/Co-operative, Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) British Sign Language interpreters and (b) communication support workers provided for people in Preston parliamentary constituency with hearing deficits or deafness under the Access to Work programme in each month between January 2014 and June 2015.
Mark Hendrick
Labour/Co-operative, Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with hearing deficits or deafness in Preston constituency had (a) British Sign Language interpreters or (b) Communication Support Workers provided to assist them under the Access to Work programme between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015.
Justin Tomlinson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)
The table below shows Access to Work expenditure on British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters for people in the Preston constituency who had a primary medical condition recorded as "Deaf and hard of hearing" for each of the months requested.
Access to Work expenditure on Communication Support Workers for people in the Preston constituency who had a primary medical condition recorded as "Deaf and hard of hearing" relates to fewer than 10 people and has not been provided in order to avoid disclosure.
| Month | Support Worker Type |
| BSL Interpreter | |
| Jan-14 | £31,000 |
| Feb-14 | £13,000 |
| Mar-14 | £11,000 |
| Apr-14 | £13,000 |
| May-14 | £9,000 |
| Jun-14 | £8,000 |
| Jul-14 | £14,000 |
| Aug-14 | £11,000 |
| Sep-14 | £4,000 |
| Oct-14 | £6,000 |
| Nov-14 | £11,000 |
| Dec-14 | £13,000 |
| Jan-15 | £8,000 |
| Feb-15 | £31,000 |
| Mar-15 | £20,000 |
| Apr-15 | £8,000 |
| May-15 | £11,000 |
| Jun-15 | £6,000 |
Twenty people in the Preston constituency who had a primary medical condition recorded as "Deaf and hard of hearing" were helped by British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters as part of Access to Work during the most recent annual period for which data are available (July 2014 and June 2015). 12265
Fewer than 10 individuals in the Preston constituency who had a primary medical condition recorded as "Deaf and hard of hearing" were helped by Communication Support Workers during this period. To avoid possible disclosure the precise figure has not been provided. 12266
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