Mental Capacity: Sign Language
Commons · Question 83909 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that BSL interpreters are provided during mental capacity assessments.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 21 Nov 2025
The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 already provides a legislative basis for providing interpreters, including British Sign Language interpreters, for people with specific communication needs. One of the foundational principles of the MCA is that individua...