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Latest figures for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) show that there were 484,000 employers with 1.6 million staff on furlough on 31 July 2021.

This is a decrease of 340,000 jobs from 30 June where there were 1.9 million employments on furlough. Since the start of the scheme a total of 11.6 million jobs have been put on furlough for at least part of the duration of the scheme.

Furlough is due to end on 30th September.

Broken down by region shows London and the South East having the highest number of employees still on furlough.

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Also interesting is the breakdown by sector with no surprises that the highest is

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Further analysis include by age, sector can be found on gov.uk for todays update

This release provides analysis of claims for periods up to 31 July 2021. The data used includes claims submitted to HMRC by 16 August 2021.