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		Written answer
	answer has question	RH3ipjDh
	answer has answering person	Thomas Christopher John Pursglove
	answer text	<p>The British Sign Language (BSL) Act (2022) recognises BSL as a language of Great Britain, and places duties on the DWP Secretary of State:</p><ol><li>to produce a report detailing the use of BSL in the central communications of Ministerial Departments listed in the schedule to the Act; and</li><li>to produce guidance on the use of BSL in the public sector.</li></ol><p> </p><p>To sit alongside the BSL Act, the Government has established a non-statutory board of BSL users to advise it on matters arising from the Act and of importance to Deaf people.</p><p> </p><p>The BSL Advisory Board will advise the Government on the guidance detailed in the BSL Act and its implementation to best represent the Deaf community.</p>
	answer given date	2023-11-13
	answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	written answer has answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has written answer	gYv6rj1l
Department for Work and Pensions	answering body has answer	gYv6rj1l
RH3ipjDh	question has answer	gYv6rj1l
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove	answering person has answer	gYv6rj1l