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Official Report Meeting date: 26 September 2017

Health and Sport Committee 26 September 2017

That is something that the Scottish Government has to address as well. It cannot all be focused on getting the inactive people active; it needs alswo to be about how we can make sure that people who are currently active stay active.
SPICe briefings Date published: 18 April 2018

Labour Market update: April 2018 - Economic inactivity by age

,Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted) and Regional labour market: Estimates of economic inactivity by age
SPICe briefings Date published: 22 February 2018

Labour Market Update: February 2018 - Economic inactivity by age

,Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity by age group (not seasonally adjusted) and Regional labour market: Estimates of economic inactivity by age
Last updated: 12 October 2021

Lobbying Register Annual Report 2021

The table below shows the yearly number of registrants since 12 March 2018. Inactive registrants It is also possible for registrants to become ‘inactive’ in line with requirements set out in Section 12 of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.
Committee reports Date published: 7 February 2023

Road to recovery: the impact of the pandemic on Scotland's labour market - Employability services

The Committee visited Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, which experiences some of the highest levels of economic inactivity due to long-term illness in Scotland, to see how employability services are being implemented to support people into the labour market.
Questions and Answers Date answered: 10 September 2025

S6W-39748

Successful applicants will be notified in due course.Addressing economic inactivity requires innovative approaches.
SPICe briefings Date published: 10 November 2020

Labour market update: November 2020 - Data

Data Table 1: Unemployment, employment and inactivity rates for nations and regions of the UK - July to September 2020AreaEmploymentUnemploymentEconomically inactiveEast77.64.318.7East Midlands75.04.921.0England75.74.820.4London75.26.020.2North East71.56.723.3North West 74.74.621.6Northern Ireland 70.53.626.8Scotland74.04.522.4South East78.34.118.1South West76.54.120.0United Kingdom75.34.820.9Wales72.14.624.4West Midlands74.54.921.5Yorkshire and The Humber74.54.721.8Table 2: Overall unemployment, employment and inactivity rate - July to September 2020Current quarterPrevious quarterSame quarter last yearUnemployment (16+)4.54.64.0Employment (16-64)74.073.774.4Inactivity (16-64)22.422.722.4Labour market in the regions of the UK: November 2020 Table 3: Unemployment, employment and inactivity rates for women - July to September 2020Current quarterPrevious quarterSame quarter last yearUnemployment (16+)4.24.33.8Employment (16-64)71.571.270.6Inactivity (16-64)25.425.626.6Labour market in the regions of the UK: November 2020Table 4: Unemployment, employment and inactivity rates for men - July to September 2020MenCurrent quarterPrevious quarterSame quarter last yearUnemployment (16+)4.94.94.2Employment (16-64)76.776.378.5Inactivity (16-64)19.219.718.0Labour market in the regions of the UK: November 2020 Table 5: Unemployment, employment and inactivity rates by age - July to September 202016 - 2425 - 3435 - 4950 - 64Unemployment14.33.32.74.0Employment55.482.584.669.0Inactivity35.314.713128.1Labour market in the regions of the UK: November 2020
Official Report Meeting date: 7 February 2023

Finance and Public Administration Committee 07 February 2023

They will all be complex, and people will need complex interventions help them get into economic activity. However, we have to do that.
SPICe briefings Date published: 23 January 2019

Labour market update: January 2019 - Executive Summary

The number of inactive men fell by 8,000 the number of inactive women increase by 13,000.
Last updated: 12 June 2023

Fedcap submission child poverty inquiry

We’re contributing to Scotland’s labour market success story, working to support economically inactive and unemployed people. Just over 3,000 people classed as economically inactive have used our services in recent years.

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