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HMRC coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics

HMRC data about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, and the VAT payments deferral scheme.

Published 12 May 2020
Last updated 17 December 2020 — see all updates
From:
HM Revenue & Customs

This page is used to publish management information on the:

  • Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
  • Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
  • Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
  • VAT payments deferral scheme

It also collects together monthly Official Statistics publications on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

Evaluation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are evaluating the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme evaluation plan has been published.

Self-employment data necessary to carry out a full Self-Employment Income Support Scheme evaluation will not be available until 2022, upon HMRC’s receipt of Self Assessment returns.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was launched on 20 April 2020.

We publish regular management information which covers:

  • the number of unique applicants to the scheme
  • the number of furloughed jobs
  • the value of the claims received up to the end of the previous Sunday

This data is provided on Twitter and published on this page.

Frequency of publication

This data was initially provided daily via Twitter, and was then provided weekly due to a fall in the number of daily claims. The last set of weekly data was published on 19 August 2020 for claims made as of midnight on 16 August 2020.

This data will now be published monthly.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme management information

This data includes all the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, including its extension, which opened to the public on Wednesday 11 November.

Total claims made as of midnight Total number of jobs furloughed [1] Total number of employers furloughing [2] Total value of claims made
23 April [3] 3.8m 512,000 £4.5bn
3 May [3] 6.3m 800,000 £8.0bn
11 May 7.5m 935,000 £10.1bn
17 May 8m 986,000 £11.1bn
24 May 8.4m 1m £15bn
31 May 8.7m 1.1m £17.5bn
7 June 8.9m 1.1m £19.6bn
14 June 9.1m 1.1m £20.8bn
21 June 9.2m 1.1m £22.9bn
28 June 9.3m 1.1m £25.5bn
5 July 9.4m 1.1m £27.4bn
12 July 9.4m 1.2m £28.7bn
19 July 9.5m 1.2m £29.8bn
26 July 9.5m 1.2m £31.7bn
2 August 9.6m 1.2m £33.8bn
9 August 9.6m 1.2m £34.7bn
16 August 9.6m 1.2m £35.4bn
20 September 9.6m 1.2m £39.3bn
18 October 9.6m 1.2m £41.4bn
15 November 9.6m 1.2m £43.0bn
13 December 9.9m 1.2m £46.4bn

Notes:

  1. calculated as the sum of the maximum number of employees furloughed by each PAYE scheme that has made a claim
  2. calculated as the number of distinct PAYE schemes that have made a claim
  3. these figures were first released on the HMRC Twitter feed

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Official Statistics

Monthly experimental statistics that provide estimates of the number and value of claims made to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to HMRC, broken down by:

  • employer size
  • sector of the economy
  • geography
  • employee age and gender

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

Claims for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme scheme began on 13 May 2020.

We publish regular management information on the number and value of claims made to the scheme.

Frequency of publication

Data for the first tranche of the scheme was published weekly every Tuesday.

Data for the second tranche will be published monthly.

This data is provided on Twitter and published on this page.

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme management Information

Tranche 3

Claims for the third tranche of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme opened on Monday 30 November 2020.

Total claims made as of midnight Total number of claims made Total value of claims made
13 December 1.7m £4.8bn

Tranche 2

Claims for the second tranche of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme opened on Monday 17 August 2020. There will be no further updates to this tranche.

Total claims made as of midnight Total number of claims made Total value of claims made
17 August 296,850 £768.9m
20 September 2.2m £5.6bn
18 October 2.3m £5.9bn
15 November 2.4m £5.9bn

Tranche 1

Claims under the first tranche of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme scheme closed on Monday 13 July. There will be no further updates to this tranche.

Total claims made as of midnight Total number of claims made Total value of claims made
13 May 441,000 £1.3bn
14 May 1.1m £3.1bn
17 May 2m £6.1bn
24 May 2.3m £6.8bn
31 May 2.5m £7.2bn
7 June 2.6m £7.5bn
14 June 2.6m £7.6bn
21 June 2.6m £7.6bn
28 June 2.6m £7.7bn
5 July 2.7m £7.7bn
12 July 2.7m £7.8bn
19 July 2.7m £7.8bn

Note: figures were initially published daily for 13 and 14 May 2020 - thereafter, figures were published weekly.

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Official Statistics

Monthly experimental statistics that show the number of individuals claiming the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant, and the value of these claims. The information includes:

  • age of claimants
  • gender of claimants
  • sector of self-employment activity
  • geography

Eat Out to Help Out Scheme

Registrations for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme began on 13 July 2020.

This table shows the number of individual restaurant premises registered to take part in the scheme, across the UK.

Registrations as of midnight on Total number of registered individual restaurant premises
19 July 32,362
26 July 53,058
2 August 73,089

From 7 August 2020, businesses were able to claim reimbursements for discounts given to diners with the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme. This table reflects:

  • the number of individual restaurant premises registered to take part in the scheme
  • the number and value of claims made
Date (as of midnight on) Total number of registered individual restaurant premises Total number of claims received by HMRC [1] Total amount claimed Number of covers claimed for
9 August 83,000 14,000 £53.7m 10.5m
16 August 85,000 48,000 £180m 35m
23 August 84,000 87,000 £336m 64m
31 August 84,700 [2] 130,000 £522m 100m

Notes:

  1. not unique businesses or individual restaurant premises
  2. this figure as of midnight 27 August 2020, not 31 August 2020

This data is provided on Twitter and published on this page.

Official statistics

This Official Statistics publication covers the number and value of claims made to the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme up to 30 September 2020, after which the scheme closed for new claims.

A geographic breakdown of the Eat Out to Help Out statistics for businesses with 25 or fewer outlets will be published in due course.

VAT payments deferral scheme

The VAT payments deferral scheme was launched on 20 March 2020 and has now ended.

The figures below cover:

  • the number of payments eligible for deferral
  • the number of payments deferred by businesses
  • the amount of VAT deferred

VAT payments deferral scheme management information

Filing and payment due date Payments eligible for deferral Payments deferred by businesses Amount of VAT deferred during period Total/cumulative amount of VAT deferred
7 April 346,500 141,900 £5.3bn £5.3bn
7 May 556,900 245,100 £17.6bn £22.9bn
7 June 349,900 113,500 £5.3bn £28.2bn

To note:

  • figures are based on payments due for return liability periods ending February, March and April 2020
  • number of payments eligible is based on payment returns submitted by 27 June 2020
  • number and amount of VAT deferred are based on taxpayers with outstanding return payment liabilities at 27 June 2020

Further guidance on the VAT payments deferral scheme

Published 12 May 2020
Last updated 17 December 2020 + show all updates

  1. Published updated monthly management information data (up to end of Sunday 13 December) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and added a link to the monthly Official Statistics publication 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: December 2020'

  2. Updated the Eat Out to Help Out section to state that a geographic breakdown of the Eat Out to Help Out statistics for businesses with 25 or fewer outlets will be published in due course.

  3. Published updated monthly management information data (up to end of Sunday 15 November) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and added links to 3 Official Statistics publications: 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: November 2020', 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: November 2020', and 'Eat Out to Help Out statistics'.

  4. Published updated monthly management information data (up to end of Sunday 18 October) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and added links to 3 Official Statistics publications: 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: October 2020', 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: October 2020', and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: secondary analysis'.

  5. Published updated figures (as of 27 June 2020) for the VAT payments deferral scheme.

  6. Published updated monthly data (up to end of Sunday 20 September) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  7. Added links to the monthly Official Statistics publications 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: September 2020' and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: September 2020' to the page

  8. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Monday 31 August) for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme, and added a link to the publication 'Eat Out to Help Out Scheme - claims by parliamentary constituency'.

  9. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 23 August) for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

  10. Added links to the monthly Official Statistics publications 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: August 2020' and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: August 2020' to the page

  11. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 16 August) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, and data for the second phase of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (up to end of Monday 17 August)

  12. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 16 August) for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

  13. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 9 August) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

  14. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 2 August) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

  15. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 26 July) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

  16. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 19 July) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and published new data for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

  17. Added links to the monthly Official Statistics publications 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: July 2020' and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: July 2020' to the page

  18. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 12 July) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  19. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 5 July) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  20. Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 28 June) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and published updated data for the VAT payments deferral scheme (for the filing and payment due date of 7 June).

  21. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 21 June) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  22. Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 14 June) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  23. Added links to the publications 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: June 2020' and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: June 2020' to the page

  24. Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 7 June) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  25. Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 31 May) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and published new data for the VAT payments deferral scheme.

  26. Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 24 May) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  27. Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 17 May) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  28. Updated data added for 14 May under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

  29. An update for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme that began on 13 May.

  30. First published.

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