What proportion of employers in Scotland have living wage-accreditation, and what information it has regarding how this compares with the r…

This information is collected by the Poverty Alliance on behalf of the Living Wage Accreditation Initiative and the Living Wage Foundation. However, as of 9 September 2015, 318 employers have been accredited through the Scottish Living Wage Accreditation Initiative. Peter Kelly, Director of the Poverty Alliance, who run the initiative, has highlighted that Scotland now has the highest public awareness of the Living Wage, and has a faster rate in terms of growth of number of Accredited Living Wage Employers than any other part of the UK. More people in Scotland are paid the Living Wage than in any country in the UK. Background statistics in the following table: Proportion Earning less than the Living Wage, 2014

Earning less than the Living Wage
Scotland
18.4%
Wales
23.9%
Northern Ireland
27.6%
England
21.7%
- South East
17.8%
- London*
18.3%
- East
22.3%
- South West
22.6%
- North East
23.4%
- North West
23.6%
- West Midlands
24.1%
- Yorkshire and The Humber
24.3%
- East Midlands
24.7%
United Kingdom
21.7%
Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Living Wage rate of £8.80 for employees in London, £7.65 for employees who did not work in London in April 2014