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In total, there are 25,000 people in the UK who use BSL as their main language. BSL is not a signed version of written or spoken English, and its vocabulary and syntax are different.
The 2022 Census Data for Scotland found that 117,300 people are able to use British Sign Language (not necessarily fluently, or as their main language). Against UK population data, that is almost 1.5 million people who report being able to use BSL [4] .
How many qualified BSL Interpreters / Translators are there in the UK? According to NRCPD (National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People), there are 908 registered sign language interpreters (RSLI) and a further 234 trainee sign language interpreters (TSLI) in the UK. There are 11 registered sign ...
Deaf people make up 11 million people in the UK, with an estimated 150,000 of those using British Sign Language (BSL). As its name suggests, BSL is the fourth most commonly used language in the UK. There are around 151,000 BSL users in the UK, and of these about 87,000 users are Deaf.
In addition to spoken languages, British Sign Language (BSL) was the main language of 22,000 (0.04%) usual residents aged three years and over across England and Wales. This is an increase of...
Around 151,000 people in the UK use BSL. The BSL Act 2022 recognised it as a language of England, Wales and Scotland for the first time. The board provides expert advice, informed by their...
A good estimate is that there are around 70,000 people who use BSL as their preferred language. For many Deaf people, to learn English is to learn a second language. In BSL, one sign can often represent what would be an entire sentence in English. On the other hand, some English words do not have a sign equivalent.
How many people use BSL? 151,000 people in the UK use BSL and 87,000 of those are deaf 1 . 22,000 people in England and Wales use BSL as their main language 2 . Do all deaf people use BSL?
The 2021 Census data shows that in addition to spoken languages, British Sign Language (BSL) was the main language* of 22,000 (0.04%) usual residents aged three years and over across England and Wales.
The annual GP survey 3 consistently measures BSL users as 0.3% to 0.5% of adult patients, with robust methodology. The ONS itself reports that the 2021 Census figure shows an increase of over 6,000 BSL signers in England and Wales since 2011.