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The fall in inactivity over the quarter in Scotland was mainly due to 13,000 men no longer being inactive while the number of inactive women fell by 10,000.
The Committee asks the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to understand the specific reasons for economic inactivity in Scotland and how it will encourage greater take-up of employability programmes in 2023-24, including from those currently inactive.