Population Taskforce (ministerial)

Overview

A Population Taskforce was established in June 2019 to consider Scotland’s future population challenges and is responsible for the delivery of the Population Strategy, published in March 2021. 

Its work includes intensifying existing interventions where they are effective and developing solutions to address demographic and population change. The taskforce meets quarterly.

Related publications

• Population Programme

Related groups

• Migration and Population Expert Advisory Group

Members

• Minister for Equalities (Chair)
• Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic
• Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government
• Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands 
• Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
• Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
• Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
• Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport
• Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health 
• Minister for Employment and Investment
• Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise
• Minister for Housing
• Minister for Public Finance
• Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity

Other Ministers may attend the taskforce depending on the items on the agenda.

Ministers and officials supporting the taskforce regularly meet representatives from local government and other partners, some of whom attend the Population Programme Board, which forms part of the governance structure of the taskforce. Local authority representation on the Programme Board comes from COSLA.

Publications

Population Taskforce: terms of reference