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There is a high level of economic inactivity in Scotland, and remedying that will require behavioural change with regard to diet and access to physical activity.
She highlighted that the instrument adjusts for periods of reduced activity during the Covid-19 pandemic so that businesses are not adversely affected by inactivity during those years.
Indeed, it has long been the case that East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire perform less well across various key indicators, for example output per head, unemployment and economic inactivity.
The Committee further observes that in the Scottish Government’s analysis of consultation responses, it was noted that some respondents questioned the geographical bounda...
We are tracking the key labour market inactivity objective within NSET and we are able to look specifically at what we have done and how that has flowed through into the number of people receiving a service and the follow-through in terms of outcomes and people getting into jobs.
The Committee considers safe infrastructure to be a significant factor in getting people on their bikes, it is vital that additional active travel funding is properly targeted to make a step change in cycling take-up.
In the report this time, we have quite a big discussion about changes in inactivity and the difference in data that we are getting on levels of activity between Scotland and the UK.