§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy that official(a) correspondence, (b) reports and (c) documentation from his office uses the English spelling of words where this differs from the US version. [118869]
§ Mr. JamiesonIt is the Department's policy to use UK rather than American spelling of English words. Where we employ specialist proof readers, we direct them to use the Oxford English Dictionary as their reference. The spell check facility on our IT systems is set to the UK English dictionary. The Department also publishes guidance for staff on drafting in plain English.