AQW 23098/17-22


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 24/09/2021
Answered On Date: 14/10/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of people who will come off the furlough scheme at the end of Sept 2021, broken down by constituency.


Answer:
The table below shows the latest available provisional furlough figures for 31 August 2021, the take up rate at 31 August 2021 and the estimated total number of unique jobs supported through the furlough scheme since its inception, broken down by Parliamentary Constituency.
Parliamentary Constituency
No. on Furlough
31 August 2021
Take Up Rate
31 August 2021
Total number of unique jobs
Belfast East
1,700
4%
15,400
Belfast North
1,600
4%
16,600
Belfast South
1,800
4%
15,800
Belfast West
1,400
4%
14,200
East Antrim
1,500
4%
13,800
East Londonderry
1,500
4%
14,600
Fermanagh & South Tyrone
1,500
4%
15,500
Foyle
1,300
3%
13,600
Lagan Valley
1,900
4%
17,800
Mid Ulster
1,600
4%
18,600
Newry & Armagh
2,200
5%
17,700
North Antrim
1,700
4%
17,900
North Down
1,400
4%
12,600
South Antrim
1,700
4%
17,700
South Down
2,100
5%
18,100
Strangford
1,400
4%
13,400
Upper Bann
2,100
4%
20,100
West Tyrone
1,500
4%
13,500
Northern Ireland
29,700
4%
286,800
Furlough figures for September are not currently available.