British Sign Language (BSL) National Plan 2017-2023: analysis of consultation responses

Annex 2 - Answers at Yes/No questions

This annex sets out the answers given at each of the Yes/No questions asked. These answers come from the standard responses received (those submitted through Citizen Space or as an email). Some people only answered some of the questions. This means that the number of people answering changes from question to question.

Table 1: Question 1 – Do you think these are the right steps under Public Services?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	51	75%	7	10%	10	15%	68
Organisations:
Academic/research	3		1		1		5
Local Government	10		4				14
Other	4						4
Public Body	11		1				12
Representative Body for Professionals	2		1				3
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	5				1		6
All organisations	35	80%	7	16%	2	5%	44
All respondents	86	77%	14	13%	12	11%	112

In total, 112 respondents answered Question 1. Of these 77% agreed that these are the right steps under Public Services, 13% disagreed, and 11% said they did not know.

Table 2: Question 4 – Do you think these are the right steps under Early Years?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	55	80%	4	6%	10	14%	69
Organisations:
Academic/research	2		1		2		5
Local Government	11		3				14
Other	2		1				3
Public Body	7		1		2		10
Representative Body for Professionals	1						1
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	5						5
All organisations	28	74%	6	16%	4	11%	38
All respondents	83	78%	10	9%	14	13%	107

In total, 107 respondents answered Question 4. Of these 78% agreed that these are the right steps under Early Years, 9% disagreed, and 13% said they did not know.

Table 3: Question 7 – Do you think these are the right steps under Education?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	52	72%	12	17%	8	11%	72
Organisations:
Academic/research	3		1		1		5
Local Government	11		2				13
Other	2		1				3
Public Body	8		1		1		10
Representative Body for Professionals	1						1
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	4		1				5
All organisations	29	78%	6	16%	2	5%	37
All respondents	81	74%	18	17%	10	9%	109

In total, 109 respondents answered Question 7. Of these 74% agreed that these are the right steps under Education, 17% disagreed, and 9% said they did not know.

Table 4: Question 10 – Do you think these are the right steps under Post-School Education?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	47	80%	8	14%	4	7%	59
Organisations:
Academic/research	4		2		1		7
Local Government	12				1		13
Other	2		2				4
Public Body	6		1		2		9
Representative Body for Professionals	1						1
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	5		1				6
All organisations	30	75%	6	15%	4	10%	40
All respondents	77	78%	14	14%	8	8%	99

In total, 99 respondents answered Question 10. Of these 78% agreed that these are the right steps under Post-School Education, 14% disagreed, and 8% said they did not know.

Table 5: Question 13 – Do you think these are the right steps under Employment?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	47	78%	6	10%	7	12%	60
Organisations:
Academic/research	3				2		5
Local Government	14						14
Other	3		1				4
Public Body	10				2		12
Representative Body for Professionals	1						1
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	6						6
All organisations	37	88%	1	2%	4	10%	42
All respondents	84	82%	7	7%	11	11%	102

In total, 102 respondents answered Question 13. Of these 82% agreed that these are the right steps under Employment, 7% disagreed, and 11% said they did not know.

Table 6: Question 16 – Do you think these are the right steps under Health, Mental Health and Social Care?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	47	72%	8	12%	10	15%	65
Organisations:
Academic/research	1		1		1		3
Local Government	8		2		3		13
Other	5						5
Public Body	7				3		10
Representative Body for Professionals	1						1
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	5						5
All organisations	27	73%	3	8%	7	19%	37
All respondents	74	73%	11	11%	17	17%	102

In total, 102 respondents answered Question 16. Of these 73% agreed that these are the right steps under Health, Mental Health and Social Care, 11% disagreed, and 17% said they did not know.

Table 7: Question 19 – Do you think these are the right steps under Transport?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	45	85%	3	6%	5	9%	53
Organisations:
Academic/research	2				1		3
Local Government	13				1		14
Other	3						3
Public Body	6				1		7
Representative Body for Professionals							0
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	3						3
All organisations	27	90%		0%	3	10%	30
All respondents	72	87%	3	4%	8	10%	83

In total, 83 respondents answered Question 19. Of these 87% agreed that these are the right steps under Transport, 4% disagreed, and 10% said they did not know.

Table 8: Question 22 – Do you think these are the right steps under Culture, Leisure, Sport and the Arts?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	41	82%	5	10%	4	8%	50
Organisations:
Academic/research	2				2		4
Local Government	8		1		4		13
Other	2						2
Public Body	9		1		1		11
Representative Body for Professionals	1						1
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	3						3
All organisations	25	74%	2	6%	7	21%	34
All respondents	66	79%	7	8%	11	13%	84

In total, 84 respondents answered Question 22. Of these 79% agreed that these are the right steps under Culture, Leisure, Sport and the Arts, 8% disagreed, and 13% said they did not know.

Table 9: Question 25 – Do you think these are the right steps under Justice?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	38	76%	5	10%	7	14%	50
Organisations:
Academic/research	2				2		4
Local Government	10				4		14
Other	3				1		4
Public Body	8				3		11
Representative Body for Professionals	1						1
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	3						3
All organisations	27	73%		0%	10	27%	37
All respondents	65	75%	5	6%	17	20%	87

In total, 87 respondents answered Question 25. Of these 75% agreed that these are the right steps under Justice, 6% disagreed, and 20% said they did not know.

Table 10: Question 28 – Do you think these are the right steps under Democracy?

Type of respondent	Yes		No		Don't know		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
All individuals	38	78%	6	12%	5	10%	49
Organisations:
Academic/research	2				1		3
Local Government	9		1		3		13
Other	3						3
Public Body	8						8
Representative Body for Professionals							0
Third Sector/Deaf Organisation	3						3
All organisations	25	83%	1	3%	4	13%	30
All respondents	63	80%	7	9%	9	11%	79

In total, 79 respondents answered Question 28. Of these 80% agreed that these are the right steps under Democracy, 9% disagreed, and 11% said they did not know.