HC Deb 26 July 1993 vol 229 c569W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his Department's policy on which information produced by his Department is published in alternative media to standard print such as Braille, tape or large print.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Her Majesty's Stationery Office has a broad-ranging licence with the Royal National Institute for the Blind for the ad hoc reproduction of any Her Majesty's Stationery Office publication without fee, including Foreign Commonwealth Office material when published with HMSO.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements his Department makes to ensure that blind and partially sighted people have access to information produced by his Department where it has not been published in alternative media such as Braille, large print or tape.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Inquiries to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Overseas Development Administration from members of the public who identify themselves as blind or partially sighted are infrequent, but are dealt with by telephone.