Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Emergency Services

(asked on 13th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the proportion of the income of frontline emergency service staff members which is required to be from self-employment to enable them to be eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 16th July 2020

The Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), including the eligibility requirement that an individual’s trading profits must be no more than £50,000 and at least equal to their non-trading income, is designed to target those who most need it, and who are most reliant on their self-employment income.

Those not eligible for the SEISS may benefit from other elements of the comprehensive package of support for individuals and businesses. This package includes Bounce Back Loans, tax deferrals, rental support,?increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.

The Government’s focus must now turn to economic recovery. The Government will support, protect and create jobs through the Plan for Jobs, which will provide up to £30bn of support.

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