Increasing employment of disabled people in the public sector: consultation

2. Target Options

This section sets out our suggestions for the things we might aim for. We call these targets. We will ask what you think about them.

It might be useful to have targets for public sector organisations because then we can tell how well they are doing.

Target Option A

The Scottish Government will set one public sector disability employment target. Public sector organisations will have to meet this target by a certain date.

Target Option B

As in option A the Scottish Government will set one public sector disability target. But organisations will have to meet this in lots of smaller steps instead.

Target Option C

Scottish public sector organisations will set their own targets. These will be based on how many disabled people they have in their workforce, their size and the work they do.

Target Option D

The Scottish Government will set a target for its own workforce, and work with other public sector organisations to help them set their own targets.

Questions 4 – 7:

4. Do you think setting targets will help to close the disability employment gap in the public sector?

If you said yes, please go to Question 5 below. If you said no, please go to Question 7 below.

5. If you said yes to Question 4, please give each of the options a score from 1 to 4, where 1 is the worst option, and 4 is the best.

Option A Score:

Option B Score:

Option C Score:

Option D Score:

Please explain your score below:

6. Please also tell us:

How long do you think it will take to make your favourite option happen?

7. If you do not think setting targets would help to close the disability employment gap in the public sector, please tell us why.

Please tell us anything else about these options or targets that you haven't covered already. Please tell us if you have other ideas for how to close the disability employment gap in the public sector.