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Why did the documentary makers have to do their own research to get that information, if it so important to increase activity among people who are inactive and people from deprived areas?
During the summer, people are more active and get out and about more. In winter, when it is slippy, dark and cold, is that a barrier to people getting out, and do activity levels drop?
Cost of inaction
Despite the difficulties in determining the costs of the Bill and the costs of additional benefits, the Scottish GovernmentiEnvironment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee, Official Report, 19 June 2018, Col 33 and other witnesses were certain that whatever the overall cost of mitigating and adapting to climate change, the cost of inaction and delayed action will be far greater.
However, we must do more to encourage more people to get out and about and to getactive, particularly in our most deprived communities, and further cuts to local government services and infrastructure will hinder, rather than help with that.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 January 2025
This is because there is a large number of registered solicitors who are inactive, so the reduction in the number of registered solicitors, doesn’t necessarily equate to the same size of reduction in active solicitors.
There is quite a substantial difference in inactivity levels. Those are the sort of statistics that we would want in order to give us a feel for whether there is improvement—whether the gap is narrowing in any way or getting worse.