Up to 31st May 2020, 14,400 jobs had been furloughed through the Government's Job Retention Scheme in the South West Bedfordshire constituency, this is the equivalent to around 21% of the population aged 16-64. 21% had been furloughed in the UK.
A further 4,900 claims were made to the Self Employment Income Support Scheme, the equivalent to 74% of the potentially eligible population. This compares to a take up rate of 70% of the potentially eligible population in the UK as a whole.