Redundancy
(asked on 21st October 2020) - View Source
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.
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.