Yes, it was very helpful: 27% Yes, it was slightly helpful: 16% Yes, it was not helpful at all: 10%
The most popular response by far was that no, payroll professionals had not been accessing the Digital Assistant to help them with understanding or making a claim through the CJRS. This may be because they simply were not aware of its existence, or because they have been using the wealth of guidance available on the Gov.UK pages. Out of those who had accessed the service, most people felt that it was very helpful (27%), followed by those who stated that it was slightly helpful (16%) followed by a lower proportion stating that they felt it was not helpful at all (10%).
The Digital Assistant asks a series of multiple-choice questions, which the user responds to, until the tool finds the guidance page relevant to their scenario and diverts them there.
CIPP comment
The CIPP’s Policy and Research team is always interested in hearing feedback from CIPP members. If you have any further detail relating to the types of guidance that you have been using to help you to navigate the CJRS, or if you have any further details of your experience relating to using HMRC’s Digital Assistant, then please contact the team at Policy@cipp.org.uk.
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Latest figures reveal that 8.9 million jobs have been furloughed 11 June 2020
HMRC has published updated figures relating to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the Self- Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).
The number of jobs furloughed and the amount of claims made through the SEISS increased as of 7 June 2020 when compared to the previous set of figures that were released in relation to 31 May 2020.
Under the CJRS, as of 7 June 2020, 8.9 million jobs had been furloughed, 1.1 million employers had utilised the scheme and the total value of claims made equated to £19.6 billion. This is a significant increase on the figures for 31 May 2020, which showed that 8.7 million jobs had been furloughed, with claims equating to £17.5 billion. The number of employers using the CJRS has, however, remained unchanged between those two dates. As of 7 June 2020, 2.6 million claims had been made under the SEISS, and the total value of claims made was £7.5 billion. As with the CJRS, this highlights increases to the figures released relating to 31 May 2020, as at that point, 2.5 million claims had been made with a total of claims made of £7.2 billion. As widely discussed, there will be a second and final grant made available under the SEISS to further help the self- employed through the economic disruption caused by coronavirus. There is also going to be fundamental changes to the operation of the CJRS, as employers will ne able to bring employees back on a part-time basis from 1 July 2020, whilst still claiming the CJRS grant in relation to hours not worked. The way that the government funds the grant is also due to change. For further information about what we know so far, the CIPP has produced a webcast about the future of the CJRS and the SEISS. Alternatively, there is a factsheet about the CJRS from July 2020 – October 2020, and a separate factsheet relating to the future of the SEISS.
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