Question reference: S5O-02286
- Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 June 2018
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 June 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking ensure that there are more BSL interpreters.
Answer
In October 2017 the Scottish Government published its BSL National Plan 2017-2023, the first in the UK, with 70 specific actions, including to develop and increase the number of BSL/English interpreters across Scotland. These include a landscape review to develop a fuller understanding of issues faced in different locations around Scotland by October 2020, on which further actions will be based. In the meantime the Scottish Government has provided funding of £305,000 to test different approaches to up skilling current registered and newly registered BSL/English interpreters within Health and Justice settings.