HMRC coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics (update)

This page is used to publish weekly management information on the:

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

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

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

We publish weekly management information every Tuesday, 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.

Note: this data was initially provided daily via Twitter, but is now provided weekly since a fall in the number of daily claims.

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme management information

† These figures were first released on the HMRC Twitter feed.

∂ Calculated as the sum of the maximum number of employees furloughed by each PAYE scheme that has made a claim.

‡ Calculated as the number of distinct PAYE schemes that have made a claim.

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

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

We publish weekly management information every Tuesday on the number and value of claims made to the scheme up to the end of the previous Sunday.

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

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme management Information

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

The VAT payments deferral scheme was launched on 20 March 2020.

We publish monthly management information in the fourth week of each month, which covers:

• 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

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 12 June 2020
• number and amount of VAT deferred are based on taxpayers with outstanding return payment liabilities at 12 June 2020

Further guidance on the VAT payments deferral scheme

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

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

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

Further guidance on the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme