Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to workers who will be put on short-time working arrangements.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is not designed to subsidise part-time work but to support individuals who would otherwise have been made redundant. The minimum amount of time an employee can be furloughed for is three weeks, but the employer can decide on how many employees to furlough and can furlough them multiple times while the scheme is in operation.