"Figure 8: The most common government scheme applied for was the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, while the least common was the government-backed accredited loans or finance agreements","" "Government schemes applied for, businesses who have not permanently stopped trading, broken down by country, UK, 4 May to 17 May 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Final results, Wave 5 of ONS Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey; businesses who have not permanently stopped trading in the period 4 May to 17 May 2020 ; but were able to indicate whether they had applied or received schemes at the point of completing their questionnaire, with responses collected up until 31 May 2020. 2. Response rates vary across regions and between waves. Low response can impact the interpretation of these estimates. 3. Detail of each region’s percentage response can be found in the detailed dataset. 4. Wave 5 response rate mean = 31%. 5. Bars will not sum to 100% as businesses were able to select multiple options." "Unit","%" "","" "","UK","England","Wales","Scotland","Northern Ireland" "Not applied for any of these schemes","18.8","19.2","15.1","16.5","20.2" "Business grants funded by the UK and devolved governments","16.5","12.8","29.8","18.8","21.2" "Government-backed accredited loans or finance agreements","15.8","15.1","17.7","13.1","12.0" "Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme","79.4","79.8","80.1","81.8","74.5"