"Figure 4: Approximately one in six (17%) businesses reported they were paying sick leave for the voluntary self-isolation of employees testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19)","" "Paying voluntary self-isolation of employees, businesses not permanently stopped trading, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 21 March to 3 April 2022 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Industries may not sum to 100% because of rounding and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes. 2. “Mining and quarrying” and “water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “all industries”. " "Unit","% " "","" "Industries","Prefer not to say","Not applicable","Not Sure","No","Yes" "Real estate activities","*","41.7","5.6","19.5","32.8" "Accommodation and food service activities","6.4","28","10.4","33.8","21.4" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","5.8","39.5","6.8","27.3","20.6" "Transportation and storage","7.4","57.9","4.3","10.5","19.9" "Arts entertainment and recreation","*","61.8","8.2","10.3","19.2" "Manufacturing","4","47.3","10.8","21.4","16.6" "Other service activities","9.4","32.8","9.4","33.1","15.4" "Professional scientific and technical activities","3.7","54.2","4.3","22.6","15.3" "Information and communication","2","59.5","10.6","13.5","14.4" "Human health and social work activities","*","49.1","3.4","33.2","13.9" "Administrative and support service activities","4.8","49.8","11.9","20.3","13.3" "Education","1.1","39.8","2","46.3","10.9" "Construction","4.9","44.3","9.9","30.5","10.5" "All industries","4.6","46.7","7.9","24.3","16.5"