Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of jobs in each Scottish parliamentary constituency have an hourly pay below the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of low pay from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earning (ASHE). However, the ASHE sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of low pay at the constituency level. Breakdowns of low pay at the regional level are available here – http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ashe/low-pay/april-2014/stb-2014-low-pay-estimates.html