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Publication - Consultation analysis

National Good Food Nation Plan: consultation analysis

Published
27 September 2024
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Business, industry and innovation, Children and families, Communities and third sector, +8 more … Economy, Education, Environment and climate change, Equality and rights, Farming and rural, Health and social care, Public sector, Work and skills
ISBN
9781836015819

An independent analysis of the responses to the consultation on the national Good Food Nation plan.

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Appendix 2: Quantitative data

Q1: Extent of agreement with Outcome 1
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 96 (56%) 41 (24%) 4 (2%) 1 (1%) 4 (2%) 25 (15%)
Community Group (27) 17 (63%) 4 (15%) - - 2 (7%) 4 (15%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) 4 (57%) 2 (29%) - - - 1 (14%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 9 (69%) 2 (15%) - 1 (8%) - 1 (8%)
Health Board (8) 8 (100%) - - - - -
Other Health (11) 7 (64%) 3 (27%) - - - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 13 (59%) 7 (32%) 1 (5%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) 5 (71%) - - - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 11 (34%) 12 (38%) 3 (9%) - 1 (3%) 5 (16%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 18 (50%) 11 (31%) - - 1 (3%) 6 (17%)
Other (8) 4 (50%) - - - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 139 (49%) 35 (12%) 12 (4%) 18 (6%) 11 (4%) 66 (23%)
Total (452) 235 (52%) 76 (17%) 16 (4%) 19 (4%) 15 (3%) 91 (20%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q1: Extent of agreement with Outcome 2
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 85 (50%) 44 (26%) 5 (3%) 4 (2%) 2 (1%) 31 (18%)
Community Group (27) 17 (63%) 4 (15%) - 2 (7%) - 4 (15%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) 2 (29%) 4 (57%) - - - 1 (14%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 7 (54%) 4 (31%) 1 (8%) - - 1 (8%)
Health Board (8) 5 (63%) 3 (38%) - - - -
Other Health (11) 7 (64%) 2 (18%) - 1 (9%) - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 12 (55%) 8 (36%) 1 (5%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) 5 (71%) - - - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 9 (28%) 9 (28%) 2 (6%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 10 (31%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 18 (50%) 9 (25%) 1 (3%) - 1 (3%) 7 (19%)
Other (8) 3 (38%) 1 (13%) - - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 125 (44%) 44 (16%) 20 (7%) 17 (6%) 9 (3%) 66 (23%)
Total (452) 210 (46%) 88 (19%) 25 (6%) 21 (5%) 11 (2%) 97 (21%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q1: Extent of agreement with Outcome 3
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 86 (50%) 49 (29%) 6 (4%) 1 (1%) 3 (2%) 26 (15%)
Community Group (27) 16 (59%) 5 (19%) - 1 (4%) 1 (4%) 4 (15%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) 3 (43%) 3 (43%) - - - 1 (14%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 10 (77%) 1 (8%) - - - 2 (15%)
Health Board (8) 5 (63%) 3 (38%) - - - -
Other Health (11) 6 (55%) 3 (27%) 1 (9%) - - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 11 (50%) 8 (36%) 2 (9%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) 5 (71%) - - - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 6 (19%) 17 (53%) 3 (9%) - 1 (3%) 5 (16%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 20 (56%) 9 (25%) - - 1 (3%) 6 (17%)
Other (8) 4 (50%) - - - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 130 (46%) 33 (12%) 16 (6%) 20 (7%) 15 (5%) 67 (24%)
Total (452) 216 (48%) 82 (18%) 22 (5%) 21 (5%) 18 (4%) 93 (21%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q1: Extent of agreement with Outcome 4
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 71 (42%) 59 (35%) 5 (3%) 2 (1%) 2 (1%) 32 (19%)
Community Group (27) 12 (44%) 11 (41%) - - - 4 (15%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) 5 (71%) - - - - 2 (29%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 7 (54%) 3 (23%) - - - 3 (23%)
Health Board (8) 5 (63%) 3 (38%) - - - -
Other Health (11) 4 (36%) 5 (45%) - 1 (9%) - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 11 (50%) 9 (41%) 1 (5%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) 5 (71%) - - - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 5 (16%) 14 (44%) 3 (9%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 8 (25%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 14 (39%) 13 (36%) 1 (3%) - 1 (3%) 7 (19%)
Other (8) 3 (38%) 1 (13%) - - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 110 (39%) 70 (25%) 23 (8%) 10 (4%) 1 (-%) 67 (24%)
Total (452) 181 (40%) 129 (29%) 28 (6%) 12 (3%) 3 (1%) 99 (22%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q1: Extent of agreement with Outcome 5
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 76 (44%) 51 (30%) 6 (4%) 6 (4%) 2 (1%) 30 (18%)
Community Group (27) 14 (52%) 8 (30%) - 1 (4%) - 4 (15%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) 4 (57%) 2 (29%) - - - 1 (14%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 6 (46%) 3 (23%) - 2 (15%) - 2 (15%)
Health Board (8) 4 (50% 4 (50%) - - - -
Other Health (11) 6 (55%) 3 (27%) - 1 (9%) - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 11 (50%) 9 (41%) 1 (5%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) 5 (71%) - - - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 8 (25%) 11 (34%) 3 (9%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 8 (25%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 14 (39%) 11 (31%) 2 (6%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 7 (19%)
Other (8) 4 (50%) - - - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 109 (39%) 47 (17%) 24 (9%) 21 (7%) 12 (4%) 68 (24%)
Total (452) 185 (41%) 98 (22%) 30 (7%) 27 (6%) 14 (3%) 98 (22%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q1: Extent of agreement with Outcome 6
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 69 (40%) 53 (31%) 13 (8%) 2 (1%) 3 (2%) 31 (18%)
Community Group (27) 14 (52%) 5 (19%) 3 (11%) 1 (4%) - 4 (15%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) 2 (29%) 3 (43%) 1 (14%) - - 1 (14%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 5 (38%) 5 (38%) - - 1 (8%) 2 (15%)
Health Board (8) 4 (50%) 4 (50% - - - -
Other Health (11) 6 (55%) 3 (27%) - 1 (9%) - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 12 (55%) 7 (32%) 2 (9%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) 5 (71%) - - - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 6 (19%) 12 (38%) 4 (13%) - 1 (3%) 9 (28%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 12 (33%) 13 (36%) 3 (8%) - 1 (3%) 7 (19%)
Other (8) 3 (38%) 1 (13%) - - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 107 (38%) 60 (21%) 25 (9%) 14 (5%) 7 (2%) 68 (24%)
Total (452) 176 (39%) 113 (25%) 38 (8%) 16 (4%) 10 (2%) 99 (22%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q3: Extent of agreement that the targets will contribute to achieving the overall Good Food Nation Outcomes
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 14 (8%) 76 (44%) 20 (12%) 21 (12%) 10 (6%) 30 (18%)
Community Group (27) 2 (7%) 13 (48%) 3 (11%) 4 (15%) 2 (7%) 3 (11%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) - 3 (43%) 1 (14%) 1 (14%) 1 (14%) 1 (14%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 1 (8%) 6 (46%) - 2 (15%) 2 (15%) 2 (15%)
Health Board (8) 1 (13%) 4 (50%) 2 (25%) 1 (13%) - -
Other Health (11) - 6 (55%) 2 (18%) 2 (18%) - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 3 (14%) 14 (64%) 4 (18%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) 1 (14%) 3 (43%) - 1 (14%) - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 1 (3%) 8 (25%) 4 (13%) 9 (28%) 4 (13%) 6 (19%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 4 (11%) 16 (44%) 4 (11%) 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 10 (28%)
Other (8) 1 (13%) 3 (38%) - - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 30 (11%) 94 (33%) 40 (14%) 21 (7%) 18 (6%) 78 (28%)
Total (452) 44 (10%) 170 (38%) 60 (13%) 42 (9%) 28 (6%) 108 (24%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q4: Extent of agreement that achieving these targets will contribute to making the kind of Scottish food system respondents would like to see
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 25 (15%) 71 (42%) 22 (13%) 12 (7%) 10 (6%) 31 (18%)
Community Group (27) 4 (15%) 12 (44%) 5 (19%) 2 (7%) 1 (4%) 3 (11%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) - 4 (57%) 1 (14%) - 1 (14%) 1 (14%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 2 (15%) 5 (38%) 1 (8%) 3 (23%) - 2 (15%)
Health Board (8) 2 (25%) 5 (63%) 1 (13%) - - -
Other Health (11) 4 (36%) 2 (18%) 2 (18%) 2 (18%) - 1 (9%)
Local authority (22) 5 (23%) 13 (59%) 3 (14%) - - 1 (5%)
Public sector (7) - 5 (71%) - - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 1 (3%) 8 (25%) 4 (13%) 5 (16%) 7 (22%) 7 (22%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 6 (17%) 15 (42%) 4 (11%) - 1 (3%) 10 (28%)
Other (8) 1 (13%) 2 (25%) 1 (13%) - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 46 (16%) 89 (32%) 34 (12%) 20 (7%) 16 (6%) 76 (27%)
Total (452) 71 (16%) 160 (35%) 56 (12%) 32 (7%) 26 (6%) 107 (24%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Q6: Extent of agreement that the indicators will be useful for measuring progress towards the Good Food Nation Outcomes
Respondent type Strongly agree (No. (%)) Mostly agree (No. (%)) Neither agree nor disagree (No. (%)) Mostly disagree (No. (%)) Strongly disagree (No. (%)) Not answered / don’t know (No. (%))
Total organisations (171) 12 (7%) 67 (39%) 26 (15%) 24 (14%) 8 (5%) 34 (20%)
Community Group (27) 2 (7%) 13 (48%) 6 (22%) 1 (4%) 1 (4%) 4 (15%)
Education / Academic / Research (7) - 4 (57%) 1 (14%) - - 2 (29%)
Food / food retail / producer / distributor (13) 1 (8%) 6 (46%) 1 (8%) 2 (15%) 1 (8%) 2 (15%)
Health Board (8) - 5 (63%) 2 (25%) 1 (13%) - -
Other Health (11) 1 (9%) 4 (36%) 1 (9%) 3 (27%) - 2 (18%)
Local authority (22) 4 (18%) 9 (41%) 3 (14%) 4 (18%) - 2 (9%)
Public sector (7) - 5 (71%) -- - - 2 (29%)
Third sector (32) 1 (3%) 3 (9%) 6 (19%) 10 (31%) 5 (16%) 7 (22%)
Trade association / representative body (36) 2 (6%) 16 (44%) 5 (14%) 3 (8%) 1 (3%) 9 (25%)
Other (8) 1 (13%) 2 (25%) 1 (13%) - - 4 (50%)
Individuals (281) 32 (11%) 86 (31%) 47 (17%) 17 (6%) 20 (7%) 79 (28%)
Total (452) 44 (10%) 153 (34%) 73 (16%) 41 (9%) 28 (6%) 113 (25%)

Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding

Contact

Email: goodfoodnation@gov.scot

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