FOI21/22-134 - Total payments made to employees in the U.K. between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021
Updated 14 July 2022
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Our ref: FOI21/22-134
Date: 31 January 2022
Dear
1. Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email of 10 January in which you requested 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 December 2021 in respect of the following:
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a redundancy payment
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holiday pay
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outstanding payments like unpaid wages, overtime and commission
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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:
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administration
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liquidation
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bankruptcy
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receivership
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company voluntary arrangement
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individual voluntary arrangement
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debt relief order”
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 I have provided answers to your questions below.
Please note that these figures have been rounded to the nearest £1,000.
| Row Labels | Administration | Bankruptcy | CVA | DRO | IVA | Liquidation | Grand Total |
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| Arrears of Pay | £4,407,000 | £32,000 | £389,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 | £12,081,000 | £16,911,000 |
| Holiday Pay | £5,236,000 | £42,000 | £207,000 | £3,000 | £14,000 | £13,145,000 | £18,647,000 |
| Notice Pay | £22,674,000 | £92,000 | £1,122,000 | £5,000 | £25,000 | £22,608,000 | £46,526,000 |
| Redundancy Pay | £71,734,000 | £427,000 | £2,660,000 | £5,000 | £90,000 | £71,270,000 | £146,186,000 |
| Grand Total | £104,051,000 | £593,000 | £4,378,000 | £14,000 | £130,000 | £119,104,000 | £228,270,000 |
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The Insolvency Service
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