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Redundancy

Asked by Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)Department for Business and TradeTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129688

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many HR1 redundancy notices his Department received in each month of the 2025-26 financial year to date.

Answered by Blair McDougall

In the financial year 2025/2026, the Insolvency Service recorded a total of 4,566 HR1 (Advance Notice of Redundancy) forms as follows:

April 2025

365

May 2025

382

June 2025

414

July 2025

407

August 2025

285

September 2025

345

October 2025

412

November 2025

412

December 2025

248

January 2026

396

February 2026

430

March 2026

470

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