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.
This page holds statistics and related information on the:
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
- Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
- VAT payments deferral 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.
Publication of management information
Between 23 April and 13 December 2020 HMRC published regular management information on this page.
Comprehensive monthly Official Statistics are now published for the scheme. We have therefore brought this reporting together, and to avoid duplication HMRC no longer publish these figures separately.
All previously published management information is available to view on The National Archives.
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.
We have removed some releases of the CJRS statistics from this page to make it easier for users to find statistics on the scheme.
All previously published monthly statistics are available to view on The National Archives.
Together the releases below provide final figures for the scheme. The August 2020 release provides figures for March to June 2020, December 2020 release for July to October 2020, 1 July 2021 release for November 2020 to April 2021 and 16 December 2021 release for May to September 2021.
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
Claims for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme scheme began on 13 May 2020.
Publication of management information
Between 13 May and 13 December 2020 HMRC published regular management information on this page which covered the number and value of claims made to the scheme.
Comprehensive monthly Official Statistics are now published for the scheme. We have therefore removed the management information from this page.
All previously published management information is available to view on The National Archives.
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, and closed for new claims on 30 September 2020.
Publication of management information
During July and August 2020, HMRC published weekly management information on this page which covered:
- the number of registered individual premises
- the number and value of claims made
Comprehensive Official Statistics have since been published for the scheme.
All previously published management information is available to view on The National Archives.
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 has also been published.
VAT payments deferral scheme
The VAT payments deferral scheme was launched on 20 March 2020 and ended on 30 June 2020.
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 |
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| 31 March or 7 April | 360,400 | 165,400 | £5.4bn | £5.4bn |
| 30 April or 7 May | 583,800 | 287,000 | £17.8bn | £23.2bn |
| 31 May or 7 June | 375,100 | 143,700 | £5.5bn | £28.6bn |
| 30 June | 7,900 | 3,400 | £4.8bn | £33.5bn |
To note:
- this table has been updated to include the number of payments eligible, based on payment returns submitted by 31 December 2020
- figures are based on payments due between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020 for return liability periods ending February 2020 through to July 2020, in line with the scheme criteria
- number and amount of VAT payments deferred are based on taxpayers with outstanding return payment liabilities as at 30 June 2020
- the majority of the amounts in the final row relate to instalment payments for Payment on Account taxpayers
- this is the final data refresh on payments deferred through this scheme as the scheme has now closed
Further guidance on the VAT payments deferral scheme
Updates to this page
Published 12 May 2020Last updated 16 December 2021 + show all updates
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Added links to 2 Official Statistics publications 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 16 December 2021' and 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: December 2021'. Removed links to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Official Statistics publications for 29 July, 9 September, 7 October and 4 November 2021.
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Added links to 2 Official Statistics publications 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 4 November 2021' and 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: November 2021'.
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Added background quality reports for Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Statistics and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics as well as Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: October 2021 and Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 7 October 2021 publications
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Added links to 2 Official Statistics publications 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 9 September 2021' and 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: September 2021'.
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Removed links to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Official Statistics publications for June 2020, July 2020, September 2020, October 2020, November 2020, January 2021, February 2021, March 2021 and 6 May 2021.
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Added links to 2 Official Statistics publications 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 1 July 2021' and 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: July 2021'
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Added links to 2 Official Statistics publications 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: June 2021' and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 3 June 2021'
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Added a link to the Official Statistics publication 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: 6 May 2021'.
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Added a link to the Official Statistics publication 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: March 2021'.
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Added links to 2 Official Statistics publications 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: February 2021' and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: February 2021', and published updated, and final, management information for the VAT payments deferral scheme.
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Added links to 3 Official Statistics publications: 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: January 2021', 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: January 2021', and 'Eat Out to Help Out statistics – geographic breakdown'.
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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'
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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.
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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'.
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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'.
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Published updated figures (as of 27 June 2020) for the VAT payments deferral scheme.
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Published updated monthly data (up to end of Sunday 20 September) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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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
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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'.
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Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 23 August) for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.
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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
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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)
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Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 16 August) for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 12 July) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 5 July) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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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).
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Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 21 June) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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Published updated weekly data (up to end of Sunday 14 June) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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Added links to the publications 'Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics: June 2020' and 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme statistics: June 2020' to the page
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Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 7 June) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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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.
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Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 24 May) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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Published updated data (up to end of Sunday 17 May) for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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Updated data added for 14 May under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
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An update for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme that began on 13 May.
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