Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
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.
Answered by Jesse Norman
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.
Asked by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have (a) submitted claims to and (b) received grants from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, broken down by (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Applications for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opened on 13 May 2020. By midnight 31 May 2020, 2.5 million customers had submitted claims to HMRC representing £7.2 billion.
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.