We wanted to find out what you thought about our draft Gaelic Language Plan. We asked you to rate your level of agreement for each of the plan's core activities and let us know if you thought we were missing anything.
As a public authority, a duty is placed on Police Scotland to publish an updated Gaelic Language Plan under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005.
A total of 6,753 responses were received. This includes:
A variety of diversity monitoring information relating to the age, race, gender, disability and long-term conditions of individuals was gathered. This data was used throughout the process to enhance our reach and communications towards stakeholders and population sub-groups.
Around 75% of respondents did not agree that Police Scotland should have a Gaelic Language Plan. Main reasons provided by respondents for this were:
We acknowlegde that many people who responded to our consultation disgareed with the premise of having a Gaelic Language Plan. However, legislation requires Police Scotland to have a plan and to take action to adopt and promote Gaelic language in service delivery.
We have set out below the main activities we proposed within our consultation and the analysis of feedback gathered through open text responses.
Gaelic Language Plan Development and Implementation Group
We asked respondents what they thought this group could do to enhance and develop Police Scotland's approach to using Gaelic language. Feedback included:
Increasing our use of Gaelic language in our community messaging, communications and liaison
We asked respondents what they thought we could do to enhance the profile of Gaelic language in our community messaging. Feedback included:
Using our policies, procurement and branding to support Gaelic language
We asked respondents about how we should utilise our assets and policies to support and enhance Gaelic language. Feedback included:
Integrating Gaelic language in our campaigns
We asked respondents what their campaign priorities would be for any future campaigns in Gaelic. Feedback included:
Any other comments or anything gaps within the proposed plan
We asked respondents for any other feedback about the proposed plan. Feedback included:
Police Scotland do not consider that the public consultation has suggested any requirement for a fundamental change to the proposed plan. The existing plan is sufficiently flexible to consider many of the points raised by respondents.
Police Scotland will continue to take on board the feedback we have received in this consultation to improve the accessibility of our services in the future. We work hard to ensure language is not a barrier for anyone who needs us. Alongside this work, we will continue to support the Gaelic language, so that it continues to be visible and audible throughout our organisation and within the diverse communities we serve.
If you have questions, or need to access the results in a different way, please email PPCWDiversityUnit@Scotland.pnn.police.uk.
This consultation seeks your views on the Police Scotland's draft Gaelic Language Plan 2021-26.
Our draft plan was prepared within the framework of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, and seeks to support the National Gaelic Language Plan’s overarching aim that “Gaelic is used more often, by more people and in a wider range of situations”.
The Plan sets out for comment our proposed commitments in support of the National Gaelic Language Plan to:
Stakeholders, partners and members of the public are invited to take part in this consultation.
The survey will take no longer than 8 minutes to complete.
Complete the survey in a different way
BSL users can complete the survey here.
This survey is also available in a version that is easier to read and in Gaelic. If you need either of these versions, see the links section at the bottom of this page.
Please let us know if you want to complete the survey in a different way (for example, over the phone): PPCWDiversityUnit@Scotland.pnn.police.uk
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Please note that this platform is not for reporting crime, providing information about an incident, or asking us for help. To find out ways to contact the police, please visit our website. If you or someone else needs urgent police assistance, please dial 999 immediately.
Your personal information
Your response is anonymous and you will not be identified through the information you provide unless you choose to identify yourself in your responses. All questions are optional meaning you can chose to answer all, some or none of them.
By completing this survey, you agree to Police Scotland using your anonymised data for analysis and reporting that will improve the service we provide.
Police Scotland is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We have robust procedures in place to ensure that any data that you provide is processed and stored securely. We will never pass your data on to any third parties without your express consent. We also meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 (General Data Protection Regulation or 'GDPR').
If you have questions
If you have any questions, please email: PPCWDiversityUnit@Scotland.pnn.police.uk.
Purpose of Gaelic Language Plans
The Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 was passed by the Scottish Parliament on 21st April 2005 with cross-party support and received Royal Assent on 1st June 2005.
Gaelic language plans help ensure that Gaelic continues to be used and that the linguistic diversity of the whole of Scotland is enriched.
We have a duty to consult with the public on our draft Gaelic Language Plan to ensure it is fit for purpose. We will take into account your feedback before publishing our final plan.
Thank you for taking part. We will use the feedback we have gained from this consultation to ensure that our draft Gaelic Language Plan is fit for purpose before publication. We will share our final plan on our website - this will be publicly available.
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