Eligibility criteria for £500 self-isolation support payment widened
This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Feb 17th, 2021
More people are now eligible to apply for the £500 Self-Isolation Support Payment.
The scheme, which has been extended until June 2021, will now be open to applications from people with a personal income of less than £500 per week and those on Basic Statutory Sick Pay who have been asked to self-isolate by Test, Trace, Protect (TTP) service, the NHS Covid-19 App or by their child’s education setting.
These changes, will make approximately 170,000 additional people now eligible for the payment, if they are asked to self-isolate and would lose income as a result.