British Sign Language (BSL) national plan 2023-2029: consultation analysis

Appendix 3: Tables with breakdown of responses across respondent types

Note: Figures/percentages may not sum to total due to rounding.

Question 1.1a: What do you think about the key priority within the draft BSL National Plan 2023-2029: Data on BSL?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 76 total responses to this question. Of the 47 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 39 respondents (or 83% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 2%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 7 respondents (or 15%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 27 respondents (or 93% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 2 respondents (or 7%) selected ‘Don’t know’.

Question 1.1b: What do you think about the key priority within the draft BSL National Plan 2023-2029: BSL Workforce?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 75 total responses to this question. Of the 46 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 41 respondents (or 89% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 2%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 4 respondents (or 9%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 28 respondents (or 97% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 1 respondent (or 3%) selected ‘Don’t know’.

Question 1.1c: What do you think about the key priority within the draft BSL National Plan 2023-2029: Supporting deaf children, young people and their families?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 76 total responses to this question. Of the 47 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 46 respondents (or 98% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 2%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 26 respondents (or 90% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 3 respondents (or 10%) selected ‘Don’t know’.

Question 1.1d: What do you think about the key priority within the draft BSL National Plan 2023-2029: BSL accessibility?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 75 total responses to this question. Of the 46 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 43 respondents (or 93% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 2%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 2 respondents (or 4%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 29 respondents (or 100% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and no respondents selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’ or ‘Don’t know’.

Question 1.1e: What do you think about the key priority within the draft BSL National Plan 2023-2029: Promotion of the heritage and culture of BSL?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 74 total responses to this question. Of the 46 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 39 respondents (or 85% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 2 respondents (or 4%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 5 respondents (or 11%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 28 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 27 respondents (or 96% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 1 respondent (or 4%) selected ‘Don’t know’.

Question 1.1f: What do you think about the key priority within the draft BSL National Plan 2023-2029: Social care and wellbeing?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 76 total responses to this question. Of the 47 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 46 respondents (or 98% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’ 1 respondent (or 2%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 29 respondents (or 100% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and no respondents selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’ or ‘Don’t know’.

Question 2.1: Are there any actions that should be revised in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 73 total responses to this question. Of the 46 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 20 respondents (or 43% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 9 respondents (or 20%) selected ‘No’, and 17 respondents (or 37%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 27 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 17 respondents (or 63% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 7 respondents (or 23%) selected ‘No’, and 3 respondents (or 11%) selected ‘Don’t know’.

Question 3.1: Are there any additional actions that should be considered for inclusion in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 72 total responses to this question. Of the 45 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 27 respondents (or 60% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 1 respondent (or 2%) selected ‘No’, and 17 respondents (or 38%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 27 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 21 respondents (or 78% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 2 respondents (or 7%) selected ‘No’, and 4 respondents (or 15%) selected ‘Don’t know’.

Question 5: Are you aware of the Contact Scotland BSL service?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 73 total responses to this question. Of the 48 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 34 respondents (or 71% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, and 14 respondents (or 29%) selected ‘No’. Of the 25 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 25 respondents (or 100% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, and 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘No’.

Question 6: How often do you typically use the Contact Scotland BSL service?

The table shows the breakdown across respondent types for the 70 total responses to this question. Of the 48 total ‘Individual’ respondents, 2 respondents (or 4% of all ‘Individual’ respondents) selected ‘2-6 times a week’, 11 respondents (or 23%) selected ‘Less than once a week’, and 35 respondents (or 73%) selected ‘Never’. Of the 22 total ‘Organisation’ respondents, 0 respondents (or 0% of all ‘Organisation’ respondents) selected ‘2-6 times a week’, 15 respondents (or 68%) selected ‘Less than once a week’, and 7 respondents (or 32%) selected ‘Never’.