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Official Report
Meeting date:
6 January 2026
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 06 January 2026 [Draft]
I will take an example from physical activity research. We know that children who are physically active when they are young are more likely to be physically active when they are adults.
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 September 2024
Economy and Fair Work Committee 11 September 2024
We have learned to do that over time. We get very good performance data from that kind of digital media activity, so we know who our audiences are.
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 May 2023
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 23 May 2023
We accessed UK-wide project funding from the Robertson Trust to put in place the Lady GOGA—get out, get active—pilot. In Scotland, we are not quite there with people understanding that rates of participation in physical activity and spo...
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 June 2023
Social Justice and Social Security Committee 15 June 2023
There are also issues around how we get people into the system, the guidance about money that they receive and some of the benefits that they get from becoming a student and getting involved in the system.
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 October 2017
Health and Sport Committee 03 October 2017
That is the majority of people, but I agree that sport is not the answer for everyone, particularly when we are trying to get inactive people to be active. Clare Haughey asked what is the secret to getting people involved in activity.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 February 2026
Meeting of the Parliament 05 February 2026 [Draft]
However, we are keen to further reduce economic inactivity, because that is a key to growing our economy.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 November 2022
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: Scotland's Public Finances in 2023-24 and the Impact of the Cost of Living and Public Service Reform - Economic and fiscal context
There is considerable variation across Scotland's local authorities, for example, the Scottish Government has reported levels of economic inactivity rates in 2021 of 30.4 per cent in North Ayrshire compared with 17.3% in Midlothian.Overview - Scotland's Labour Market: People, Places and Regions – Protected Characteristics.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
26 January 2026
Promoting Healthy Ageing in Scotland
However, the majority of physical activity in individuals aged over 65 years is from walking, which is not recommended by the UK Chief Medical Officer's activity guidelines as a strengthening activity.
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 May 2022
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 04 May 2022
Over 560 oil and gas workers responded to the survey and one thing that stood out was that many were not even getting interviews when applying for jobs in the renewables sector.
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 February 2026
Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee 03 February 2026 [Draft]
We know that we will need legislation, but there are other things that will not require legislation that we perhaps could be getting on with, some of which we are getting on with already.
