Public sector strategic workforce position: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment
This assessment examines the impact of Scotland’s strategic public sector workforce position, as outlined in the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) and the Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan, on children’s rights and wellbeing.
Footnotes
1 Families with mothers aged 25 or under - Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot Lone parent families - Tackling child poverty priority families overview
2 Lone parent families - Tackling child poverty priority families overview - gov.scot Tackling child poverty priority families overview. Scottish Government, 17 June 2025.
3 Nomis - Query Tool - annual population survey annual population survey database query: Scotland, 12 months to December 2024, Public and private sector employment
4 SPs_and_Employment_OPFS_Briefing.pdf Parents, Employability & Employment. One Parent Families Scotland, October 2021.
5 Social Security Scotland - Highlighting help on National Single Parents Day Highlighting help on National Single Parents Day. Social Security Scotland, April 2025.
6Employment rates of people by parental status: Table P - Office for National Statistics Table P - Percentage of people in employment by parental status, not seasonally adjusted
7Employment rate of parents living with dependent children by family type and age of the youngest child in the UK: Table R - Office for National Statistics Employment rate of parents living with dependent children by family type and age of the youngest child in the UK: Table R
8 Births in Scotland - Year ending 31 March 2024 - Births in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland Births in Scotland, Year ending 31 March 2024. Public Health Scotland, November 2024.
9 Births in England and Wales: birth registrations - Office for National Statistics Births in England and Wales: birth registrations - Office for National Statistics
10 Social Security Scotland - Scottish Child Payment statistics to 31 March 2025 Scottish Child Payment statistics to 31 March 2025
11 Social Security Scotland - Social Security Scotland workforce statistics to March 2025 Social Security Scotland workforce statistics to March 2025
12 Children’s Social Work Statistics: Looked After Children 2023/24 - gov.scot Children’s Social Work Statistics: Looked After Children 2023/24. April 2025.
13 Children’s Social Work Statistics: Child Protection 2023-24 - gov.scot Children’s Social Work Statistics: Child Protection 2023-24. March 2025
14 Teacher census supplementary statistics - gov.scot Teacher census supplementary statistics, published 25 March 2025
15 SHS Data Explorer Scottish Household Survey Data Explorer, 2023 Survey.
Contact
Email: workforcepolicy@gov.scot