Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

(asked on 21st April 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when businesses that furloughed staff in March will receive their first furlough payments.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 27th April 2020

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme opened for claims on 20 April. Payments will be made six working days after a claim is made. Employers who made a claim on or before 22 April will receive payments by the end of April.

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