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

Appendix 4: Tables with breakdown of responses across other 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 57 total responses to this question. Of the 20 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 17 respondents (or 85% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 5%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 2 respondents (or 10%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 25 respondents (or 86% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ 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 4 respondents (or 14%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 7 respondents (or 88% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ 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 12%) 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 56 total responses to this question. Of the 19 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 17 respondents (or 89% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ 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 11%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 27 respondents (or 93% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ 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’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 7 respondents (or 88% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 12%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 0 respondents (or 0%) 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 57 total responses to this question. Of the 20 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 20 respondents (or 100% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ 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’. Of the 29 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 28 respondents (or 97% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ 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’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 7 respondents (or 88% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 12%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 0 respondents (or 0%) 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 56 total responses to this question. Of the 19 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 19 respondents (or 100% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ 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’. Of the 29 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 28 respondents (or 97% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ 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’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 6 respondents (or 75% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 12%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 1 respondent (or 12%) selected ‘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 56 total responses to this question. Of the 20 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 18 respondents (or 90% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ 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 10%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 25 respondents (or 86% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 2 respondents (or 7%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 2 respondents (or 7%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 7 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 6 respondents (or 86% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 0 respondent (or 0%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 1 respondent (or 14%) 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 57 total responses to this question. Of the 20 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 20 respondents (or 100% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ 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’. Of the 29 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 29 respondents (or 100% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ 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’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 7 respondents (or 88% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Priority should be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, 1 respondent (or 12%) selected ‘Priority should not be included in the BSL National Plan 2023-2029’, and 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘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 55 total responses to this question. Of the 20 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 14 respondents (or 70% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 0 respondents (or 0%) selected ‘No’, and 6 respondents (or 30%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 28 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 15 respondents (or 54% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 3 respondents (or 11%) selected ‘No’, and 10 respondents (or 36%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 7 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 3 respondents (or 43% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 0 respondent (or 0%) selected ‘No’, and 4 respondents (or 57%) 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 58 total responses to this question. Of the 21 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 16 respondents (or 76% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 4 respondents (or 19%) selected ‘No’, and 1 respondent (or 5%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 29 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 22 respondents (or 76% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 6 respondents (or 21%) selected ‘No’, and 1 respondent (or 3%) selected ‘Don’t know’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 4 respondents (or 50% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 4 respondent (or 50%) selected ‘No’, and 0 respondents (or 0%) 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 56 total responses to this question. Of the 20 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 16 respondents (or 80% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, and 4 respondents (or 20%) selected ‘No’. Of the 28 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 22 respondents (or 79% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, and 6 respondents (or 21%) selected ‘No’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 4 respondents (or 50% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘Yes’, 4 respondent (or 50%) 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 55 total responses to this question. Of the 20 total respondents that selected ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’, 2 respondents (or 10% of all ‘Yes – I am a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘2-6 times a week’, 8 respondents (or 40%) selected ‘Less than once a week’, and 10 respondents (or 50%) selected ‘Never’. Of the 27 total respondents that selected ‘No – I am not a BSL user’, 0 respondents (or 0% of all ‘No – I am not a BSL user’ respondents) selected ‘2-6 times a week’, 8 respondents (or 30%) selected ‘Less than once a week’, and 19 respondents (or 70%) selected ‘Never’. Of the 8 total respondents that selected ‘I prefer not to say’, 0 respondents (or 0% of all ‘I prefer not to say’ respondents) selected ‘2-6 times a week’, 1 respondent (or 12%) selected ‘Less than once a week’, and 7 respondents (or 88%) selected ‘Never’.