Social Justice - a Scotland where everyone matters: Indicators of Progress 2003

Social Justice
a Scotland where everyone matters
Indicators of Progress 2003

Milestone Progress Summary

CHILDREN			Progress
1.		Reducing the proportion of our children living in workless households
2.		Reducing the proportion of our children living in low income households
3.		Increasing the proportions of our children who attain the appropriate levels in reading, writing and maths by the end of Primary 2 and Primary 7
4		All of our children will have access to quality care and early learning before entering school
5.		Improving the well-being of our young children through reductions in the proportion of women smoking during pregnancy, reductions in the percentage of low birth-weight babies, reductions in dental decay among 5 year olds, and by increasing the proportion of women breastfeeding	=
6.		Reducing the number of households, and particularly families with children, living in temporary accommodation	_
YOUNG PEOPLE
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
FAMILIES AND WORKING AGE PEOPLE
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
OLDER PEOPLE
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 physical 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
COMMUNITIES
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