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Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2019
Stage 1 Report on the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill - Empty properties
IRRV, written submission Evidence from both the local government and business sector suggested that the term "active occupancy" used in section 12 needed to be defined, to help set clearer parameters about what activity or arrangements the provision was meant to catch.viie.g.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
11 September 2025
Getting the inactive active: Barriers to physical activity and potential policy solutions - Facilitating and embedding a systems-based approach
Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects.
News
Published:
21 November 2022
Scottish Parliament COVID-19 Recovery Committee to visit Airdrie
The Committee inquiry focuses on understanding the impact of the long-term sick component on economically inactive people, as well as people who have chosen early retirement.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
22 February 2018
Labour Market Update: February 2018
The number of economically inactive people in Scotland increased over the quarter, mainly due to 10,000 women becoming economically inactive.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 February 2023
Road to recovery: the impact of the pandemic on Scotland's labour market - Executive summary
Executive summary
The COVID-19 Recovery Committee launched this inquiry to consider what impact COVID-19 has had on long-term illness and early retirement as drivers of economic inactivity. The Committee found that although the pandemic has not had a significant impact on economic inactivity in Scotland, it has star...
Committee reports
Date published:
7 February 2023
Road to recovery: the impact of the pandemic on Scotland's labour market - Economic inactivity: a new phenomenon, or not?
The factors influencing economic inactivity, including waiting times data, are complex.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 December 2019
Social Prescribing: physical activity is an investment, not a cost - Physical activity and sport
According to NHS Health ScotlandiNHS Health Scotland. (2019, July 4). Physical activity [accessed 25 November 2019], physical activity has multiple health, social and economic benefits, and inactivity is a leading cause of premature death.
Committee reports
Date published:
7 February 2023
Road to recovery: the impact of the pandemic on Scotland's labour market - Mental health and wellbeing
The Scottish Government also explained that its forthcoming mental health strategy will cover issues related to economic inactivity and employment.iiCOVID-19 Recovery Committee.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 November 2022
COVID-19 Recovery Committee 10 November 2022
Are we asking the right questions of the witnesses to enable us to get at what we are trying to work out, which is how we can get economically inactive people back into the workplace?
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 November 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee 26 November 2024
If 40-odd per cent of Scottish young people go to university and their working life is reduced from, say, 45 years to 44 years, that is included in the economic inactivity rates when, in fact, one could argue that those university students are training for economic activity.
