Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
(asked on 21st April 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many employees have been furloughed to date, broken down by (1) industry sector and (2) size of business.
This question was answered on 6th May 2020
Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20th April. As of midnight Sunday 3 May 800,000 employers had furloughed a total of 6.3m jobs, with a total value claimed of around £8bn.
This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.