Scottish Government

Economic Growth

To raise the GDP growth rate to the UK level by 2011

 To match the GDP growth rate of the small independent EU countries by 2017

Productivity

 To rank in the top quartile for productivity against our key trading partners in the OECD by 2017

Participation

 To maintain our position on labour market participation as the top performing country in the UK

 To close the gap with the top five OECD economies by 2017

Population

 To match average European (EU15) population growth over the period from 2007 to 2017

Supported by increased healthy life expectancy in Scotland over the period from 2007 to 2017

Solidarity

 To increase overall income and the proportion of income earned by the three lowest income deciles as a group by 2017

Cohesion

 To narrow the gap in participation between Scotland's best and worst performing regions by 2017

Sustainability

 To reduce emissions over the period to 2011

 To reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050

	Increase the number of businesses		Reduce the percentage of adults who smoke
	Increase exports		Reduce alcohol related hospital admissions
	Improve digital infrastructure		Reduce the number of individuals with problem drug use
	Reduce traffic congestion		Improve people's perceptions about the crime rate in their area
	Improve Scotland's reputation		Reduce reconviction rates
	Increase research and development spending		Reduce crime victimisation rates
	Improve knowledge exchange from university research		Reduce deaths on Scotland's roads
	Improve the skill profile of the population		Improve people's perceptions of the quality of public services
	Increase the proportion of pre-school centres receiving positive inspection reports		Improve the responsiveness of public services
	Increase the proportion of schools receiving positive inspection reports		Reduce the proportion of individuals living in poverty
	Improve levels of educational attainment		Reduce children's deprivation
	Increase the proportion of young people in learning, training or work		Improve access to suitable housing options for those in housing need
	Increase the proportion of graduates in positive destinations		Increase the number of new homes
	Improve children's services		Widen use of the Internet
	Improve children's dental health		Improve people's perceptions of their neighbourhood
	Increase the proportion of babies with a healthy birth weight		Increase cultural engagement
	Increase the proportion of healthy weight children		Improve the state of Scotland's historic sites
	Increase physical activity		Increase people's use of Scotland's outdoors
	Improve self-assessed general health		Improve the condition of protected nature sites
	Improve mental wellbeing		Increase the abundance of terrestrial breeding birds: biodiversity
	Reduce premature mortality		Improve the state of Scotland's marine environment
	Improve end of life care		Reduce Scotland's carbon footprint
	Improve support for people with care needs		Increase the proportion of journeys to work made by public or active transport
	Reduce emergency admissions to hospital		Reduce waste generated
	Improve the quality of healthcare experience		Increase renewable electricity production