Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation Programme 5: A Fairer and More Equal Society Equality Impact Assessment (Record and Results)

Equality Impact Assessment – Results

Title of Policy

Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) – Programme 5: A Fairer and More Equal Society

Summary of aims and desired outcomes of policy

The Scottish Government aims to support the delivery of a fairer Scotland through addressing existing social and economic inequalities and preventing those who are most vulnerable from being further disadvantaged by facilitating and funding effective transitions into the labour market.

Scotland's Labour Market plays a vital role in helping to create a wellbeing economy that thrives across economic, social and environmental dimensions. Published in Spring 2022, NSET^[25] sets out our vision for an economy that is more productive and suffers from fewer structural inequalities.

Scotland's labour market is a key component in driving economic growth, inclusivity and equality. Through the actions we are taking we will deliver a labour market that:

• is inclusive and offers equality of opportunity for all to access and to progress in work, ensuring everyone can reach their full potential; and
• has high economic participation, including from those furthest from the labour market, to improve outcomes for individuals and drive national economic performance through higher rates of employment.

Supporting people into fair, sustainable jobs, and ensuring that work pays for everyone through better wages and fair work is central to delivering many of our ambitions around inclusive growth, tackling child poverty, tackling severe and multiple disadvantage and public health reform among others.

All projects delivered under NSET Programme 5 will offer an all age, flexible, joined up and user centred model to deliver employability support across Scotland. This support will be straightforward to navigate and integrated and aligned with other services, particularly health, justice and housing provision. This approach has already changed the way Scottish Government funds employability support delivery and, in the longer term, is intended to result in efficiencies and service improvements being achieved to maximise outcomes and impact.

Directorate

Directorate for Fair Work, Employability and Skills