"Figure 11: 17% of the workforce that were still on furlough leave returned to work in the last two weeks, and 12% of the workforce moved from their normal place of work to homeworking","" "Proportions of the workforce in the last two weeks, businesses currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted, UK, 19 October to 1 November 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 17 of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); businesses currently trading. 2. Industries may not sum to 100% because of rounding, percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes, and businesses do not have to report workforce proportions that sum to 100%. 3. Other services and Mining and quarrying have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All industries”. 4. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 19 October to 1 November 2020. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (2 to 15 November 2020)." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Moved from normal place to homeworking","Returned from furlough to normal place","Returned from furlough to homeworking" "Water supply; sewerage waste management and remediation activities","40.1","2.6","*" "Information and communication","32.9","2.7","1.6" "Administrative and support service activities","16.7","10.3","4.3" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","16","12.8","10.8" "Arts entertainment and recreation","10.8","10.4","2.9" "Real estate activities","10.5","*","1" "Construction","10.3","7.1","9.3" "Education","9.2","4","6.7" "Transportation and storage","7.6","3.5","4.7" "Professional scientific and technical activities","6.7","3.1","4.4" "Human health and social work activities","4.2","4.5","7.3" "Manufacturing","4.1","3.5","2.8" "Accommodation and food service activities","1","30.2","8.1" "All industries","12.1","10.1","6.5"