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A related point is that, as you have said, many people have simply drifted into long-term economic inactivity following furlough and it has been hard to get them back.
Disabled people's experience of economic inactivity
The Committee also considered the extent to which disabled people have been impacted by economic inactivity.
The number of economically inactive people in Scotland increased over the quarter, mainly due to 5,000 men becoming economically inactive, the number of inactive women increased by 2,000.
Over the year the increase in the inactivity level mainly came from an extra 11,000 inactive women whilst the number of inactive men increased by 5,000.