Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether financial support is available for employee's taking time off work to look after their children who have contracted covid-19 and are self-isolating.

The Test and Trace Support Payment scheme will end on 24 February 2022. A parent or guardian of a child who is required to self-isolate due to a positive test for COVID-19 on or before 23 February 2022 will have 42 days from the first day of the self-isolation period to submit a claim. A parent or guardian who meets the eligibility criteria of the main scheme or the discretionary scheme will receive the £500 support payment. A parent or guardian who is unable to work from home if their child tests positive for COVID-19 from 24 February 2022 may be eligible for other Government support.