Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 98870, how many proposed redundancies were indicated on HR1 forms received by the Redundancy Payments Service in (a) October and (b) November 2020.
Answered by Paul Scully
The table below sets out the number of HR 1 forms received in October and November 2020, and the number of proposed dismissals indicated on those forms:
Month | Number of HR1 forms received | Number of proposed dismissals on HR1s |
Oct 20 | 844 | 51,351 |
Nov 20 | 552 | 36,686 |
Employers are only required to file a Form HR1 where they are “proposing” to dismiss 20 or more employees at a single “establishment”.
“Propose” and “establishment” have distinct meanings in this context.
The aggregate number could include proposed dismissals due to insolvency, restructuring of a solvent/continuing business, or proposed relocation of employees, for example.
It should be noted that a proposal to make a given number of dismissals does not necessarily result in all or any of the proposed dismissals occurring.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 98870, how many proposed redundancies were indicated on HR1 forms received by the Redundancy Payments Service in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Paul Scully
Forms received from all employers where there are proposals to dismiss 20 or more employees at an establishment, over the last 12 months, are set out in the following table:
Month | Number of HR1 Forms received from all employers | Number of proposed dismissals on HR1s |
Sep 19 | 303 | 26,716 |
Oct 19 | 343 | 23,882 |
Nov 19 | 305 | 27,820 |
Dec 19 | 196 | 16,733 |
Jan 20 | 372 | 29,884 |
Feb 20 | 329 | 28,674 |
Mar 20 | 485 | 44,465 |
Apr 20 | 447 | 62,443 |
May 20 | 871 | 73,331 |
Jun 20 | 1,888 | 155,739 |
Jul 20 | 1,784 | 149,688 |
Aug 20 | 966 | 58,056 |
Sep 20 | 1,734 | 82,029 |
Please note that employers are only required to file a Form HR1 where they are “proposing” to dismiss 20 or more employees at a single “establishment”.
“Propose” and “establishment” have distinct meanings in this context.
The aggregate number could include proposed dismissals due to insolvency, restructuring of a solvent/continuing business, changes to terms and conditions, or proposed relocation of employees, for example.
It should also be noted that a proposal to make a given number of dismissals does not necessarily result in all or any of the proposed dismissals occurring.
Asked by: Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total number of employees made redundant in each of the last 12 months is based on the HR1 forms that have been received by the Redundancy Payments Service.
Answered by Paul Scully
Employers are required to file an HR1 Form with the Redundancy Payments Service where they are proposing to dismiss 20 or more employees at a single establishment. The Redundancy Payments Service is not notified where less than 20 dismissals may be proposed.
The HR1 Form does not detail actual redundancies made, only the numbers of dismissals proposed. The HR1 data includes proposed dismissals due to the restructuring of a solvent/continuing business and proposed dismissals where the employer is insolvent. A proposal does not necessarily result in all or any redundancies occurring.
The Redundancy Payments Service is responsible for processing redundancy payments where actual redundancies result from the insolvency of an employer or, in a small number of cases, where a solvent employer cannot or will not pay the statutory redundancy. The number of claims received by the Redundancy Payments Service in respect of employees of insolvent employers (including a small number for solvent employers), and total HR1 Forms received from all employers where there are proposals to dismiss 20 or more employees at an establishment, over the last 12 months, are set out in the following table:
Month | Number of individuals claiming redundancy payments from the Redundancy Payments Service | Number of HR1 Forms received from all employers |
Sep 19 | 9,619 | 303 |
Oct 19 | 9,265 | 343 |
Nov 19 | 5,874 | 305 |
Dec 19 | 5,367 | 196 |
Jan 20 | 7,855 | 372 |
Feb 20 | 7,855 | 329 |
Mar 20 | 14,931 | 485 |
Apr 20 | 8,745 | 447 |
May 20 | 8,745 | 871 |
Jun 20 | 12,045 | 1,888 |
Jul 20 | 9,551 | 1,784 |
Aug 20 | 11,894 | 966 |