"Figure 5: The construction sector reported the largest proportion of the workforce returning from furlough, at 14%","" "Proportion of the workforce who have returned to work in the last two weeks, businesses continuing to trade, broken down by industry, apportioned by workforce, UK, 18 May to 31 May 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final Results, Wave 6 of ONS Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey, businesses continuing to trade (n = 6,092). 2. The bars will not sum to 100% because of the proportions being apportioned by employment size and businesses not having to report workforce proportions to sum to 100% . 3. The apportionment of workforce methodology used for these data does not involve grossing for UK-wide estimation. 4. These figures represent the proportion of responses to each question from businesses, apportioned using the employment recorded for each Reporting Unit on the Interdepartmental Business Register (IDBR). 5. Proportions of the workforce where it is less than 1% have been removed for disclosure purposes. 6. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 18 May to 31 May 2020, but for questions regarding furlough businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (1 June to 14 June 2020). 7. Other services, mining and quarrying and human health and social work activities have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in ‘All industries’." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Returned from furlough leave ","Moved from remote working to the normal workplace" "Education","1.0","*" "Information And Communication","1.0","1.8" "Professional Scientific And Technical Activities","2.8","2.1" "Water Supply Sewerage Waste Management And Remediation Activities","2.8","4.7" "Administrative And Support Service Activities","3.5","2.7" "Wholesale And Retail Trade; Repair Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles","3.7","1.3" "Transportation And Storage","4.0","1.0" "Arts Entertainment And Recreation","4.6","3.9" "Real Estate Activities","5.8","4.5" "Accommodation And Food Service Activities","7.5","1.3" "Manufacturing","10.4","2.1" "Construction","14.4","3.4" "All Industries","4.7","1.9"