Number of UKSA and ONS employees furloughed

Release date:
18 March 2021

You asked

This is an information request relating to the furloughing of staff.

Please include the following information from the commencement of the Job Retention Scheme in 2020 to present:

  • The total number of staff your organisation has furloughed.
  • The total cash amount of Job Retention Scheme disbursements that your organisation has received.

I will gladly accept responses to this email, but written responses to the address below are also acceptable.

We said

Thank you for your request.​​

As part of the Civil Service, The UK Statistics Authority and Office for National Statistics are not eligible to access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, nor have any employees been furloughed.

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