| Heading: |
Sign Language: GCSE |
| Question ID: |
1812822 |
| UIN: |
904604 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4799 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Charlotte Nichols
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| Asking Member handle: |
charlotte2153
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@charlotte2153
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on the implementation of a GCSE in British Sign Language. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
The new British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE is a key feature of our commitment to enhancing the status of BSL in education and society.The department published subject content for the BSL GCSE in December 2023.As is the usual process for introducing a qualif... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |