Economic inactivity due to long-term sickness and disability is a problem across the UK and each nation has seen increases since the pandemic.In January to December 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Annual Population Survey (APS), an estimated 269,000 people in Scotland aged 16-64 gave their reason for being inactive as long-term sick or disabled, 33.7% of Scotland’s economically inactive people aged 16-64.ONS state that although the APS estimates are robust at headline regional level, there are concerns with the quality of the estimates for smaller groups of the population such as local authority level estimates.Due to the increased volatility in the APS local authority estimates in recent years, National Records of Scotland Census 2022...