See answers to previous information requests

Please provide the following current information:

1. The job title and, where disclosure is appropriate, the name of the officer responsible for:
a) corporate learning and development: Sally Halliwell - Sally.Halliwell@wokingham.gov.uk - Head of HR and OD - Human Resources & Organisation Development
b) Workforce development: Sally Halliwell - Sally.Halliwell@wokingham.gov.uk - Head of HR and OD - Human Resources & Organisation Development
c) Equality, diversity and inclusion: Emily Higson - Emily.Higson@wokingham.gov.uk - Head of Insight, Strategy and Inclusion - Insight, Strategy & Inclusion
d) Learning or workforce development within Children’s Services or Children’s Social Care: Jennie Oatham - Jennie.Oatham@wokingham.gov.uk - Head of Social Work Academy - Social Work Academy
For each role, please provide:
• the relevant team or department;
• the business email address;
• the direct business telephone number or team telephone number;
Where an individual officer’s name or direct contact details cannot be disclosed, please provide the relevant job title, generic team email address and team telephone number, for each team.

2. Please confirm whether the council currently provides any of the following staff training:
a) British Sign Language training: No
b) Deaf-awareness training: No

3. Please confirm whether British Sign Language or Deaf-awareness training is:
a) Mandatory or optional: N/A
b) Delivered annually or at another regular interval: N/A
c) Available council-wide or only to specified services or departments: N/A
d) Is the training provided to staff accredited by Signature (Awarding body for all BSL British sign language courses): N/A
each of the completed financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26, please provide:
• The council’s total centrally held budget for staff learning, training and development: £95k per annum
• The total centrally recorded expenditure on staff learning, training and development: 24/25 actuals were £95,699 and 25/26 actuals were £93,578

4. Where separately identifiable from centrally held records, the total expenditure on:
a) British Sign Language training: N/A
b) Deaf-awareness training: N/A
d) Equality, diversity and inclusion training: We have an internal e-learning module that is mandatory for all staff

5. Where centrally recorded, the number of British Sign Language or Deaf-awareness courses or workshops commissioned during those two financial years.
N/A

6. Where centrally recorded, the names of external organisations commissioned to deliver British Sign Language or Deaf-awareness training.
N/A

7. Where centrally recorded, The names of BSL / Deaf awareness, training providers who have provided their services for staff training over the last 2 financial years 2024/2025, 2025/2026.
N/A