More people will now be eligible to apply for the £500 Self-Isolation Support Payment, the Welsh Government has announced. 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. The payment scheme was intended to help remove financial barriers faced by people who need to self-isolate by providing a £500 payment for people who are employed or self-employed, who had been told to self-isolate by the Test, Trace, Protect (TTP) service and who are in receipt of Universal Credit or another specified benefit, unable to work from home or are a parent or
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.
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More people in Wales now eligible for £500 coronavirus payment - here s how to apply
The scheme has been extended to include people asked to stay at home via the NHS Covid-19 app
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