PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment: Females (1 June 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number women who have been (a) made redundant and (b) furloughed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

Answer

ONS estimate redundancies using the Labour Force Survey. The latest figures can be found at;

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/redundancies/datasets/redundancieslevelsandratesseasonallyadjustedred01sa

There is no data currently available by either ONS or HMRC on the impact of the furlough scheme by gender as a result of covid-19.


Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
4 June 2020

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