Question reference: S5W-00302
- Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 1 June 2016
-
Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 June 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have been accredited each year as living wage employers, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish living wage accreditation initiative provided the following table detailing the relevant breakdown by local authority area as at 7 June 2016.
|
Local Authority |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Total |
|
Aberdeen City |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
14 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
|
Angus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
4 |
12 |
|
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
15 |
|
Dundee |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
|
East Ayrshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Edinburgh |
0 |
3 |
4 |
24 |
70 |
23 |
124 |
|
East Lothian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
Falkirk |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
Fife |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
17 |
2 |
24 |
|
Glasgow |
0 |
2 |
9 |
25 |
69 |
24 |
127 |
|
Highland |
|
1 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
8 |
27 |
|
Inverclyde |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
|
Midlothian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
17 |
|
Moray |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
North Ayrshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
14 |
|
Orkney |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Perth and Kinross |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
20 |
|
Renfrewshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
16 |
|
Scottish Borders |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
|
Shetland Islands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
South Ayrshire |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
17 |
1 |
24 |
|
Stirling |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
15 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
3 |
3 |
7 |
|
West Lothian |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
10 |
1 |
14 |
|
Total |
0 |
7 |
22 |
81 |
325 |
119 |
554 |
Note: This total includes MSPs