Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2020 to Question 45271 on Self-employment Income Support Scheme, what steps he has taken to review his policy on calculation of average self-employed earnings in the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to take into account periods of maternity leave.
As announced on 17 June, the Government has amended the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) eligibility conditions to support self-employed new parents.
This means self-employed parents will be able to claim grants if they were taking time out of their trade to care for their new-born or newly adopted child and, as a result, did not submit a Self-Assessment tax return for 2018-19 or their trading profits in 2018-19 were less than their non-trading income.
Further details of the change for self-employed parents is available on GOV.UK.