The Executive is working withdeaf organisations through its BSL and Linguistic Access Working Group to developa package of measures to ensure a sustainable increase in registered sign languageinterpreters including supporting the development and delivery of a Graduate Diplomain Teaching British Sign Language Tutors at Heriot-Watt University and funding the Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters.In addition, the Executive isin the final stages of recruiting a BSL and Linguistic Access Project Manager todevelop a road map for improving linguistic access for deaf, deafblind and hardof hearing people, which will include exploring further ways in which the Executivecan increase the number of registered BSL/English interpreters.