"Figure 4: Scotland has consistently had the highest proportion of its workforce on furlough leave since early November 2020 ","" "Proportion of workforce on furlough leave, of single-site businesses not permanently stopped trading, broken down by country, weighted by employment, UK, 2 November 2020 to 2 May 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted all UK site results and weighted single-site results, Wave 18 to Wave 30 of the Office for National Statistics’ Business Insights and Conditions Survey. 2. Data are plotted in the middle of the two-week reference period of each wave. 3. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire. " "Unit","% " "","" "","UK (all businesses)","UK (single-site businesses)","England","Northern Ireland","Scotland","Wales" "Nov-20","15.1","14.2","14.3","11.1","14.8","14.3" "Nov-20","15.5","14.1","14.1","11.3","15.4","13.6" "Dec-20","10.8","11.1","11","8.9","14.1","11" "Dec-20","13.7","13.6","13.5","9.8","17","14.4" "Jan-21","16.9","15.3","15.2","10.8","19.7","13.8" "Jan-21","18.3","16","15.9","12.6","19.1","15.5" "Jan-21","19.9","17.3","17.1","14.2","21.6","16.8" "Feb-21","19","16.2","16","12.2","21.7","14.7" "Feb-21","18.8","16","15.9","11.7","20","15" "Mar-21","18.6","15.4","15.2","12.4","20.3","14.8" "Mar-21","17.1","15","14.9","12.9","19.3","14.8" "Apr-21","12.6","13.2","13","11.3","16.8","13.1" "Apr-21","10.3","11.8","11.7","10.1","13.8","13.1"