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Briefing Document No 6 - Page 2 of 4
Social Justice ...A Scotland Where Everyone Matters - Continued.
Every young person matters
7. Halving the proportion of 16-19 year olds who are not in education, training or employment
8. All our young people leaving local authority care will have achieved at least English and Maths Standard Grades and have access to appropriate housing options
9. Bringing the poorest-performing 20% of pupils, in terms of Standard Grade achievement, closer to the performance of all pupils
10. Reducing by a third the days lost every year through exclusion from school and truancy
11. Improving the health of young people through reductions in smoking by 12-15 year olds, teenage pregnancies among 13-15 year olds and the rate of suicides among young people
12. No-one has to sleep rough
Every family matters
13. Reducing the proportion of unemployed working age people
14. Reducing the proportion of working age people with low incomes
15. Increasing the employment rates of groups, such as lone parents and ethnic minorities, that are relatively disadvantaged in the labour market
16. Increasing the proportion of students from under-represented, disadvantaged groups and areas in higher education compared with the overall student population in higher education
17. Increasing the proportion of people with learning disabilities able to live at home or in a 'homely' environment
18. Improving the health of families by reducing smoking, alcohol misuse, poor diet and mortality rates from coronary heart disease
Every older person matters
19. Reducing the proportion of older people with low incomes
20. Increasing the proportion of working age people contributing to a non-state pension
21. Increasing the proportion of older people able to live independently by doubling the proportion of older people receiving respite care at home and increasing home care opportunities
22. Increasing the number of older people taking exercise and reducing the rates of mortality from coronary heart disease and the prevalence of respiratory disease
23. Reducing the fear of crime among older people
Every community matters
24. Reducing the gap in unemployment rates between the worst areas and the average rate for Scotland
25. Reducing the incidence of drugs misuse in general and of injections and sharing of needles in particular
26. Reducing crime rates in disadvantaged areas
27. Increasing the quality and variety of homes in our most disadvantaged communities
28. Increasing the number of people from all communities taking part in voluntary activities
29. Accelerating the number of households in disadvantaged areas with access to the Internet
When the Annual Scottish Social Justice Report is published this will include breakdowns of the milestones by age, gender, ethnicity, and disability status, wherever the data sources allow; and efforts are promised to extend the breakdown data available.
Some of these (milestones 1, 2, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 25, in the areas of income, pensions, employment, and drugs misuse) reflect the UK-wide indicators in the UK Government's report Opportunity for all: Tackling poverty and social exclusion.
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