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Written question asked by Shabana Mahmood (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 April 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 April 2021. It was answered by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 April 2021 on behalf of the Treasury.

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to undertake a review into the eligibility thresholds for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

Answer

The Government announced at Budget that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will continue with a fourth and final fifth grant. The fourth and fifth grants are an estimated £13.5bn of additional support, taking total support for the self-employed to over £33 billion since the start of the pandemic. This provides certainty to business as the economy reopens and means the SEISS will continue to be one of the most generous schemes for the self-employed in the world.

Further information about the fourth grant is available in recently published guidance, at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme. Further detail on how the fifth grant will operate will be confirmed in future guidance, which will be published in due course.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
185335
Session
2019-21
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Eligibility Self-employment income support scheme
Link
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