Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of 26 February 2020, Official Report, column 326, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that employees that are required to self-isolate to prevent the transmission of covid-19 receive their full entitlement of sick pay.
Employers have been urged to make sure they use their discretion and respect the medical need to self-isolate in making decisions about sick pay.
We will continue to review the situation and take appropriate measures in line with further developments.