"Of the more than 5 million people temporarily away from paid work in July 2020, more than 2.5 million people were away for three months or more","" "Total number of people temporarily away from paid work, including their time away and amount of wage receiving if away for three months or more, seasonally adjusted, UK, Jan to July 2017 to Jan to July 2020 (1000s) ","" "","" "Notes","1. Time respondent has been temporarily away from paid work was asked to all in employment who were temporarily away from paid work in the reference period. 2. Amount of wage received was asked to all in employment who were temporarily away from paid work for three months or more in the reference period. 3. Estimates will not to sum to totals because of missing responses and limited constraining in the seasonal adjustment." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Week","Total away from work","Away less than three months","Away three months or more","Earning less than half salary","Earning half or more salary" "2020 Q1 week 1","2433","1528","450","239","212" "2020 Q1 week 2","2469","1562","435","256","153" "2020 Q1 week 3","2452","1569","452","263","177" "2020 Q1 week 4","2469","1564","439","255","155" "2020 Q1 week 5","2512","1628","439","249","195" "2020 Q1 week 6","2438","1564","477","238","196" "2020 Q1 week 7","2476","1596","435","262","163" "2020 Q1 week 8","2518","1614","449","212","231" "2020 Q1 week 9","2474","1572","443","218","221" "2020 Q1 week 10","2475","1580","404","235","142" "2020 Q1 week 11","2549","1620","455","307","131" "2020 Q1 week 12","3921","2527","502","304","198" "2020 Q1 week 13","7196","4925","531","342","184" "2020 Q2 week 1","7786","5794","415","257","143" "2020 Q2 week 2","7318","5104","534","229","244" "2020 Q2 week 3","7649","5332","661","361","283" "2020 Q2 week 4","9027","6660","578","347","229" "2020 Q2 week 5","8407","6416","403","212","201" "2020 Q2 week 6","8401","5896","544","274","274" "2020 Q2 week 7","8133","6042","567","217","327" "2020 Q2 week 8","7460","5382","664","251","355" "2020 Q2 week 9","6412","4359","768","353","410" "2020 Q2 week 10","6654","4261","1272","321","893" "2020 Q2 week 11","7007","4131","1672","450","1183" "2020 Q2 week 12","6904","2736","2960","529","2375" "2020 Q2 week 13","7559","2570","3443","717","2618" "2020 Q3 week 1","6494","2436","2961","541","2385" "2020 Q3 week 2","6927","2886","2636","460","2124" "2020 Q3 week 3","5947","2224","2601","547","2014" "2020 Q3 week 4","5496","2408","2229","441","1763"