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Date answered:
12 September 2017
We are progressing towards our target of 1,000 accredited Living Wage employers by this autumn and have just celebrated the accreditation of Diageo, our 900th Living Wage Employer.
Although one might expect that there is no way that such decreases can continue, we have seen in the period since April 2014 another reduction of 48 per cent in both live and non-live crimes. By live crimes, I mean the theft of cable that affects the running of the railway.
Does Mike Tetley want to say something about that, given that he is involved with some of the longer-lived species? I reiterate Phil Hammond’s comment that six years is adequate.
The Scottish Government has made a large commitment in the programme for government and there is a growing awareness of the challenges that people have throughout their lives, starting in childhood, because of adverse childhood experiences.