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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 119414, tabled on 23 November 2020

Question

Darren Henry
Conservative
Broxtowe
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support job retention during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answer

Paul Scully
Conservative
Sutton and Cheam
Commons

Answered on

26 November 2020

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been in place since March 2020 and has now been extended to March 2021. This extension will support businesses during the latest national restrictions by paying up to 80% of wages for furloughed employees.

Up until 15 November 2020 the scheme has helped 1.2 million employers and 9.6 million employees.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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