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To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the reason for the reported increase in economic inactivity. Economic inactivity covers those not in work and not actively seeking work.
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Sports activities have been impacted by the pandemic with lots of clubs closing activities shortly after reopening due to new restrictions.
A big challenge at the moment in the Scottish and UK economies is economic inactivity, and a key way in which we might drive growth is by getting more people participating in the labour market.
That is the majority of people, but I agree that sport is not the answer for everyone, particularly when we are trying to getinactive people to be active. Clare Haughey asked what is the secret to getting people involved in activity.
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.
We accessed UK-wide project funding from the Robertson Trust to put in place the Lady GOGA—get out, getactive—pilot. In Scotland, we are not quite there with people understanding that rates of participation in physical activity and spo...