Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people subject to the ECAA-2 Visa will have access to the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) Small Business Grant Fund and (c) Self-Employed Income Support Scheme.

The Government is committed to ensuring people are not unfairly impacted in terms of their immigration status as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. To this end, an individual who holds valid leave under the Turkish EC Association Agreement as a business person can benefit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Small Business Grant Fund and the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme if they meet the eligibility criteria for those schemes.