Written question asked by Andrew Griffith (Conservative) on Monday, 15 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 June 2026 (named day). It was answered by Blair McDougall (Labour) on Thursday, 18 June 2026 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Redundancy

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many advance notifications of redundancy were received by the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service in each financial year from 2019-20 to 2025-26 by (a) 20 to 50 proposed redundancies, (b) 51 to 100 proposed redundancies, (c) 101 to 250 proposed redundancies and (d) more than 250 proposed redundancies.

Answer

Please see ‘advanced notifications of redundancy’ received by the Redundancy Payments Service for the requested Period.

Financial Year / Advance Notice of Redundancy	20-50	51-100	101-250	250+
2019-2020	2,174	777	420	153
2020-2021	6,989	2,127	866	358
2021-2022	1,740	581	235	96
2022-2023	2,170	689	316	90
2023-2024	2,631	923	441	132
2024-2025	2,839	897	372	113
2025-2026	2,919	992	494	159

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