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The employment rates for men and women in Scotland increased at the same rate over the quarter, but the rate for men fell over the year.
Inactivity fell over the quarter in Scotland while it increased in the UK overall, but the rate in Scotland is still slightly above the UK.
As I said, back in 2022, we were on the case on expenses; we were trying to get the expenses process in line, and get everyone, including the CEO, between that set of lines.
That is what the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government set out in the documents accompanying the budget. I would like to get some clarity as to what, specifically, was spent on active travel last year.
Targets can help to keep us on track, and there is merit in having some high-level measures in place, but I do not think that what gets measured automatically gets done.
Obviously, we must have discussions with our partners about the practicalities of that, but we need to hear from our young people what we are getting right, what we are not getting right and what they think that we can do to help with that.