Test and Trace Support Payment
(asked on 3rd September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the cost of the self-isolation payment scheme they estimate will be administration costs.
This question was answered on 8th October 2020
The Government will fully cover the payments to eligible applicants as well as the administration costs of the scheme. The total expenditure will depend on the incidence of COVID-19 over the coming months. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health and Social Care will be providing more information on the cost of the scheme as it is evaluated.