In 2017, Scotland will become the first part of the UK to introduce the ‘socio-economic duty’ and a consultation paper is a key way to get the implementation right.
The Scottish Government writes:
The socio-economic duty asks particular public authorities to do more to tackle the inequalities of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage. In particular, the duty aims to make sure that strategic decisions about the most important issues are carefully thought through so that they are as effective as they can be in tackling socio-economic disadvantage and reducing inequalities of outcome. These strategic decisions would include, for example, an economic development strategy; or an annual budget setting out key investment choices.
In order to meet legislative timescales and enable the socio-economic duty to be introduced by the end of 2017, a shorter eight week period has been set for this consultation process.
This consultation is therefore seeking views on that basis
Consultation closes on 12 Sep 2017
