FOI21/22-035 - Total payments made to employees in the U.K. between 1st January 2021 and 31st March 2021
Published 27 October 2021
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Our ref: FOI21/22-035
Date: 25 June 2021
Dear
1. Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email of 27 May 2021 in which you requested the following from the Insolvency Service:
“Under the Freedom of Information Act, please confirm the total payments made to employees in the U.K. between 1st January 2021 and 31st March 2021 in respect of the following:
- a redundancy payment
- holiday pay
- outstanding payments like unpaid wages, overtime and commission
- money that would have earned working a notice period (‘statutory notice pay’)
by reference to the following types of insolvency across all sectors of the economy:
- administration
- liquidation
- bankruptcy
- receivership
- company voluntary arrangement
- individual voluntary arrangement
- debt relief order”
Our acknowledgement of your request contained a small error in stating the deadline was 18 June, when it was in fact 25 June. Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I can confirm the agency holds the information that you have requested, and the requested information is included in the table below. We have collated the requested data but please note that this data is not usually held in this format, therefore, we have had to construct the data to provide you with this information.
Please note that these figures have been rounded to the nearest £1,000.
| 01/01/21 to 31/03/21 | Redundancy Pay | Holiday Pay | Arrears of Pay | Notice Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administration | £30,265,000 | £1,914,000 | £1,021,000 | £5,776,000 |
| Liquidation | £16,786,000 | £3,789,000 | £3,476,000 | £6,770,000 |
| Bankruptcy | £114,000 | £9,000 | £0 | £19,000 |
| Receivership | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| CVA | £630,000 | £62,000 | £86,000 | £475,000 |
| IVA | £55,000 | £6,000 | £0 | £15,000 |
| DRO | £5,000 | £2,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
If you are not satisfied with the response we have provided you and would like us to reconsider our decision by way of an internal review (IR), please contact our Information Rights Team at foi@insolvency.gov.uk or by post at:
Information Rights Team
The Insolvency Service
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United Kingdom
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Kind regards
Redundancy Payments Service
The Insolvency Service
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