PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (1 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency.
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20th April. By midnight 31 May 2020, 1.1m employers had submitted claims to HMRC representing 8.7m furloughed employments and £17.5bn.
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.
Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
9 June 2020
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