FOI release

FOI21/22-053 - The number of Unique Employers submitting HR1 forms, from the start of the series to the beginning of 2006

Published 27 October 2021

Our ref: FOI21/22-053

Date: 10 August 2021

Dear

Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your email of 19 July 2021 in which you requested the following from the Insolvency Service:

바카라 사이트œThis is a formal request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

I have data on the month of HR1 forms submitted and the total number of potential redundancies stretching back to 2006. So I would like to request all the data from the beginning of these two time series up to 2006, to complete the set.

I would also like to request all the data on the number of Unique Employers submitting HR1 forms, from the start of the series to the beginning of 2006.바카라 사이트

Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

I can confirm the agency does not hold all the information that you have requested on HR1 forms and potential redundancies prior to 2006. The only complete data we hold prior to 2006 is from November 2005. Therefore, the data provided in the annex on this, and regarding the number of unique employers, only dates back as far as this date.

Please note that employers are only required to file a Form HR1 where they are 바카라 사이트œproposing바카라 사이트 to dismiss 20 or more employees at a single 바카라 사이트œestablishment바카라 사이트.

바카라 사이트œPropose바카라 사이트 and 바카라 사이트œestablishment바카라 사이트 have distinct meanings in this context.

The aggregate number could include proposed dismissals due to insolvency, restructuring of a solvent/continuing business, changes to terms and conditions, proposed relocation of employees etc.

It should also be noted that a proposal to make a given number of dismissals does not necessarily result in all or any of the proposed dismissals occurring.

If you are not satisfied with the response we have provided you and would like us to reconsider our decision by way of an internal review (IR), please contact our Information Rights Team at foi@insolvency.gov.uk or by post at:

Information Rights Team
The Insolvency Service
3rd Floor
Cannon House
18 Priory Queensway
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United Kingdom

You also have the right to contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) if you wish for them to investigate any complaint you may have regarding our handling of your request. However, please note that the ICO is likely to expect an IR to have been completed in the first instance.

Kind regards

Kiera Redundancy Payments Service The Insolvency Service

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1. Annexe to FOI21/22-053

1.1 Table 1: Total number of HR1 forms received and total number of potential redundancies prior to 2006

November to December 2005

Nov 2005 Dec 2005
Total HR1 forms received (see note 1) 189 204
Total number of potential redundancies (see notes 1 and 2) 12,570 13,361

Source: Insolvency Service Redundancy Payment Services Database

Notes:

Excludes data that are recorded in error or reclassified due to employer resubmission or which contained less than 20 proposed redundancies meaning that there was no requirement to notify.

Employers are required to notify at least 30 days before the first dismissal where 20 to 99 redundancies are proposed, and at least 45 days before the first dismissal where 100 or more redundancies are proposed. Potential redundancies are recorded against the month in which the form is received, rather than the month for which the redundancies are proposed.

Table 2: Unique number of employers submitting HR1 forms

January 2005 to December 2019

Year Month Unique number of employers submitting HR1 forms (see notes 1, 2 and 3)
2005 Nov 155
Ā  Dec 183
2006 Jan 265
Ā  Feb 217
Ā  Mar 243
Ā  Apr 168
Ā  May 256
Ā  Jun 230
Ā  Jul 210
Ā  Aug 185
Ā  Sep 183
Ā  Oct 218
Ā  Nov 211
Ā  Dec 182
2007 Jan 244
Ā  Feb 196
Ā  Mar 226
Ā  Apr 207
Ā  May 216
Ā  Jun 175
Ā  Jul 158
Ā  Aug 143
Ā  Sep 157
Ā  Oct 206
Ā  Nov 202
Ā  Dec 152
2008 Jan 242
Ā  Feb 235
Ā  Mar 190
Ā  Apr 229
Ā  May 238
Ā  Jun 202
Ā  Jul 279
Ā  Aug 279
Ā  Sep 266
Ā  Oct 388
Ā  Nov 394
Ā  Dec 332
2009 Jan 522
Ā  Feb 362
Ā  Mar 461
Ā  Apr 350
Ā  May 290
Ā  Jun 300
Ā  Jul 327
Ā  Aug 268
Ā  Sep 295
Ā  Oct 288
Ā  Nov 251
Ā  Dec 190
2010 Jan 277
Ā  Feb 300
Ā  Mar 329
Ā  Apr 268
Ā  May 227
Ā  Jun 259
Ā  Jul 278
Ā  Aug 244
Ā  Sep 276
Ā  Oct 259
Ā  Nov 354
Ā  Dec 269
2011 Jan 407
Ā  Feb 360
Ā  Mar 362
Ā  Apr 249
Ā  May 283
Ā  Jun 292
Ā  Jul 279
Ā  Aug 226
Ā  Sep 262
Ā  Oct 251
Ā  Nov 312
Ā  Dec 200
2012 Jan 256
Ā  Feb 296
Ā  Mar 290
Ā  Apr 228
Ā  May 283
Ā  Jun 237
Ā  Jul 203
Ā  Aug 180
Ā  Sep 238
Ā  Oct 282
Ā  Nov 292
Ā  Dec 225
2013 Jan 312
Ā  Feb 253
Ā  Mar 262
Ā  Apr 246
Ā  May 224
Ā  Jun 195
Ā  Jul 177
Ā  Aug 154
Ā  Sep 158
Ā  Oct 207
Ā  Nov 199
Ā  Dec 126
2014 Jan 227
Ā  Feb 197
Ā  Mar 207
Ā  Apr 167
Ā  May 210
Ā  Jun 202
Ā  Jul 164
Ā  Aug 161
Ā  Sep 160
Ā  Oct 196
Ā  Nov 180
Ā  Dec 128
2015 Jan 198
Ā  Feb 250
Ā  Mar 337
Ā  Apr 278
Ā  May 335
Ā  Jun 298
Ā  Jul 267
Ā  Aug 215
Ā  Sep 278
Ā  Oct 351
Ā  Nov 337
Ā  Dec 244
2016 Jan 351
Ā  Feb 369
Ā  Mar 346
Ā  Apr 310
Ā  May 315
Ā  Jun 328
Ā  Jul 273
Ā  Aug 237
Ā  Sep 247
Ā  Oct 276
Ā  Nov 304
Ā  Dec 185
2017 Jan 314
Ā  Feb 264
Ā  Mar 337
Ā  Apr 220
Ā  May 281
Ā  Jun 264
Ā  Jul 239
Ā  Aug 194
Ā  Sep 244
Ā  Oct 266
Ā  Nov 298
Ā  Dec 146
2018 Jan 326
Ā  Feb 280
Ā  Mar 282
Ā  Apr 250
Ā  May 295
Ā  Jun 237
Ā  Jul 234
Ā  Aug 200
Ā  Sep 203
Ā  Oct 290
Ā  Nov 258
Ā  Dec 169
2019 Jan 279
Ā  Feb 307
Ā  Mar 196
Ā  Apr 256
Ā  May 316
Ā  Jun 290
Ā  Jul 252
Ā  Aug 182
Ā  Sep 237
Ā  Oct 289
Ā  Nov 252
Ā  Dec 167

Source: Insolvency Service Redundancy Payment Services Database

Notes:

Excludes data that are recorded in error or reclassified due to employer resubmission or which contained less than 20 proposed redundancies meaning that there was no requirement to notify.

Employers are required to notify at least 30 days before the first dismissal where 20 to 99 redundancies are proposed, and at least 45 days before the first dismissal where 100 or more redundancies are proposed. Potential redundancies are recorded against the month in which the form is received, rather than the month for which the redundancies are proposed.

Where employers submit multiple HR1 forms, they are counted once for each month in which they submitted at least one form.