Evidence library

This research represents a baseline audit of current Scots language provision in Scotland. The specific objectives of the research were to: 1. Review all the main providers of Scots language provision in Scotland, with a particular focus on local authorities and other public bodies, or organisations in receipt of funding from these bodies; 2. Review the types of Scots language provision currently available in Scotland; 3. Identify provision made by the public, private and voluntary and community sectors, highlighting any differences in the extent and type of provision between them; 4. Assess the availability of current provision in Scots in terms of the requirements of the Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (CoE ECRML); 5. Identify and appraise the gaps in current provision in terms of the requirements of the CoE ECRML. It is anticipated that the audit, which is based on multiple data sources and quantitative and qualitative methods of the case study method, will provide the Scottish Government with a baseline understanding of the extent and type of provision, including any emerging gaps in current provision. The audit was not asked to interrogate policy or to make policy recommendations.