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
Related groups
Members
- Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees (Chair)
- Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands
- Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
- Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy
- Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition
- Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport
- Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health
- Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise
- Minister for Transport
- Minister for Housing
- Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade
- Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
- Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning
- Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance
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.
Documents
- Population Taskforce minutes: October 2023
- Population Taskforce minutes: June 2023
- Population Taskforce minutes: February 2023
- Population Taskforce minutes: November 2022
- Population Taskforce minutes: May 2022
- Population Taskforce minutes: February 2022
- Population Taskforce minutes: October 2021
- Population Taskforce minutes: January 2021
- Population Taskforce minutes: September 2020
- Population Taskforce minutes: January 2020
- Population Taskforce minutes: October 2019
- Population Taskforce minutes: June 2019
- Population Taskforce: terms of reference
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