To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional support is available for people in receipt of statutory sick pay who cannot afford to self-isolate.
Answered on
5 January 2022
Those in receipt of statutory sick pay may also qualify for a £500 Test and Trace Support Payment (TTSP). This payment is for people on low incomes who have to self-isolate because they have tested positive for COVID-19; or if they are a close contact of a positive case but are not themselves exempt from self-isolation. Further details of the scheme are available at the following link:
Local authorities can make discretionary payments under the TTSP scheme to individuals who are not on means-tested benefits but who will face hardship as a result of self-isolating.
Help with everyday tasks from a National Health Service volunteer responder, such as collecting shopping, medicines or prescriptions, can be requested by calling 0808 196 3646.