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(S5O-00770) The Scottish Government is committed to increasing rates of physical activity. The active Scotland outcomes framework sets out our ambitions for a more active Scotland and is underpinned by a commitment to equality.
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.
Annex
Table 1: Correlations between A&E wait times, poor health, and inactivityCorrelations between A&E wait times, poor health, and inactivity in Scotland from 2012-2022. A&E wait times are measured as the percent of A&E attendees waiting more than 4 hours, averaged over the year preceding the respondent's interview.
Social Security Policies (Economic Inactivity) To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to use its social security policies to address reported high levels of economic inactivity.
The member will be aware that I engage regularly with local authorities and with a diverse group of leaders in sport and physical activity across Scotland. That is exactly the sort of territory that we like to get into.
That was a real barrier to young women and girls taking up the chance to enjoy sport and get engaged in later life.
LEAP Sports Scotland highlighted examples of girls being excluded from certain activities in PE classes as a further barrier to their participation:
Studies found that girls were actively marginalised in PE class by boys and many described not being able to get involved in games or even getting to use equipment.