This week, just under 228,000 people will receive a Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), the lowest number to date in 2021, and a decline of 53% since the February 2021 peak. This is a decline of 16,200 (-6.6 %) people compared to last week, and a decline of 175,100 or -43.4% since the Construction sector re-opened. The following table sets out recipient numbers for the February 2021 peak, the week Construction re-opened, the week Retail re-opened, and this week.
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2021 Peak (09/02/2021)
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Construction reopens (04/05/2021)
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Retail reopens (18/05/2021)
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This week (29/06/2021)
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Recipients
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485,810
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403,101
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363,172
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227,982
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% change compared to peak
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-
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-17.0%
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-25.2%
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-53.1%
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