British Sign Language (BSL) 5-year plan: Scotland Office
This plan sets out how the Scotland Office plans to improve the use of BSL in its communications in the next 5 years. Includes an annual progress update.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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The BSL Act 2022 requires that named ministerial government departments must report on how they are promoting or facilitating the use of BSL in their communications with the public.
In July 2025, all ministerial departments published a 5-year BSL plan, setting out how they plan to improve the use of BSL within their departments.
These were published alongside the third BSL report, which summarises work being done across the government to improve the use of BSL.
Departments have been asked to update on their progress every year for the duration of the 5-year plan.
Updates to this page
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Moved the 1-year update to a separate publication page. See the 'Related content' section on this page.
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Added an update covering the first reporting year of the BSL 5-year plan (2025 to 2026).
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First published.
Update history
2026-08-13 00:01
Moved the 1-year update to a separate publication page. See the ‘Related content’ section on this page.
2026-07-15 12:14
Added an update covering the first reporting year of the BSL 5-year plan (2025 to 2026).
2025-07-21 10:25
First published.