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Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2017
Sport for Everyone - Chief Medical Officer Guidelines
It cannot all be focused on getting the inactive people active; it needs also to be about how we can make sure that people who are currently active stay active.
News
Published:
7 February 2023
Employers should invest in mental wellbeing services and flexible working policies
Employers should invest in mental wellbeing services and flexible working policies to boost Scotland’s economic activity rates.
The report considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Scotland’s labour market, looking specifically at long-term illness and early retirement as drivers of economic inactivity.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Targeted Provision
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and their potential policy solutions.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Summary
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and their potential policy solutions.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and their potential policy solutions.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Conclusions
Counter to this is the imbalance of investment where the policy priority is PA and reducing inactivity whereas the priority for investment is within sport and therefore, for a section of society who are already active.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 May 2022
Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People - Promoting physical health
Judy Edwards from Stirling Council told the Committee:
We are trying to get the most inactive children to be active and we have a focus on girls in sport, but we hear evidence from our schools and nurseries that the gap is growing.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 July 2024
Economic inactivity and ill health in Scotland - What is economic inactivity?
Inactivity is distinct from unemployment.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 January 2026
Promoting Healthy Ageing in Scotland - Keeping Active
Keeping Active
Engaging in regular moderate-intensity physical activity mitigates multiple hallmarks of ageing and encouraging physical activity is a key strategy for promoting healthy ageing across the life course1Qiu, Y. (2025).
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 July 2017
Labour Market Update: July 2017 - Economic inactivity by gender
Economic inactivity by gender
Economic inactivity rates are higher for women than for men.
