§ Mr. Roweasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science who is responsible for the certification of lip reading teachers; what courses lead to certification; and how many certified lip reading teachers there are in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BrookeThere is no centralised responsibility for the certification of lip reading teaches, but certificates are awarded by the City Literary Institute in London, in conjuction with the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, and by the Manchester polytechnic, to students who successfully complete a course in teaching lip reading at those institutions. Information on the numbers who hold such certificates is not available, but about 45 teachers qualify annually.