Question: How do I claim for the job retention scheme?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Funding
How do early years settings access the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)?
section_content: The CJRS scheme opened for applications on 20 April and guidance on how to
access the scheme can be found at Claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job
Retention Scheme. Early years providers remain eligible for
the CJRS while continuing to receive early entitlement funding via local
authorities.
The CJRS guidance, published by HM Revenue and Customs on
26 March, states that where employers receive public funding for staff costs,
and that funding is continuing, we expect employers to use that money to
continue to pay staff in the usual fashion - and correspondingly not furlough
them. This also applies to non-public sector employers who receive public
funding for staff costs. Employers should not be able to receive public
funding for staff cost and furlough payments for the same staff.
On 17 April, DfE published guidance setting out how the CJRS and early
entitlement funding
interacts, confirming that early years
settings can access the CJRS to cover up to the proportion of its pay bill
which could be considered to have been paid for from that provider’s private
income.
A private provider should only furlough employees, and therefore seek support
through the CJRS, if they meet the following conditions:

the employee works in an area of business where services are temporarily not required and where their salary is not covered by public funding
the employee would otherwise be made redundant or laid off
the employee is not involved in delivering provision that has already been funded (free entitlement funding)
(where appropriate) the employee is not required to deliver provision for a child of a critical worker and/or vulnerable child
the grant from the CJRS would not duplicate other public grants received, and would not lead to financial reserves being created

If it is difficult to distinguish whether staff are funded through free
entitlement or private income for the purposes of meeting the first 3
conditions as listed above, then an early years provider can access the CJRS
to cover up to the proportion of its paybill which could be considered to have
been paid for from that provider’s private income.
*[CJRS]: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer needs to be improved because it refers more towards who is eligible to apply for  the scheme, rather than how someone can apply, or the steps needed to apply.
This information is about the job retention scheme.  There is a good amount of information here.  I think that it is helpful.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
section_headers: What you’ll need
section_content: To make a claim, you will need:

to be registered for PAYE online
your UK bank account number and sort code (only provide bank account details where a BACS payment can be accepted)
the billing address on your bank account (this is the address on your bank statements)
your employer PAYE scheme reference number
the number of employees being furloughed
each employee’s National Insurance number (you will need to search for their number if you do not have it or contact HMRC if your employee does not have a number)
each employee’s payroll or employee number (optional)
the start date and end date of the claim
the full amounts that you’re claiming for including: 
employee wages
employer National Insurance contributions
employer minimum pension contributions


your phone number
contact name

You also need to provide either:

your name (or the employer’s name if you’re an agent)
your Corporation Tax unique taxpayer reference
your Self Assessment unique taxpayer reference
your company registration number

Using an agent to do PAYE online
If you use an agent who is authorised to do PAYE online for you, they will be
able to claim on your behalf.
If you would like to use an agent, but do not have one authorised to do PAYE
online for you, you can do that by accessing your HMRC online
services and selecting
‘Manage Account’.
You must be enrolled in PAYE online for employers to do this and will need to
ask your agent for their agent ID. Your agent can get this from their HMRC
online service for agents by selecting ‘authorise client.’
You can also use this service to remove authorisation from your agent if you
do not want it to continue after they have submitted your claim(s).
If an agent makes a claim on your behalf you will need to tell them which bank
account you would like the grant to be paid into. You must only provide bank
details where a BACS payment can be accepted.
If you’re putting 100 or more employees on furlough
If you’re claiming for 100 or more furloughed employees, you’ll need to upload
a file containing the following for each employee:

full name
National Insurance number
payroll number (optional)
furlough start date
furlough end date (if known)
full amount claimed

You’ll need ensure that you:

provide only the employee information requested here - if you provide more or less information than required, you may risk delaying your payment and/or be asked to provide the information again
submit one line per employee for the whole period
do not break up the calculation into multiple periods within the claim
do not split data by contract type
upload your file as an .xls, .xlsx, .csv or .ods


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
There is a lot of information here.  The information is all about making a claim.  I find that it is helpful.
This is an excellent answer because it provides detailed information as to how someone can apply for the job retention scheme. It provides actual step by step details on how to do so, which answers the question.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
section_headers: How to claim
section_content: You’ll need the Government Gateway user ID and password you got when you
registered for PAYE online.
If you do not finish your claim in one session, you can save a draft. You must
complete your claim within 7 days of starting it.
Online services may be slow during busy times. Check if there are any
problems with this
service.
Claim now

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
There really isn't a lot of information here.  It really doesn't seem to answer the question.
This answer needs to be improved because it doesn’t directly state the information needed, but rather just gives a link to instructions.

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