Self-Isolation Support Grant in Scotland and Wales

online resource

posted on 2023-11-06, 21:18 authored by Mary DalyMary Daly, Sunwoo RyuSunwoo Ryu, Ertugrul PolatErtugrul Polat

A self-isolation support grant was provided in Scotland and Wales for people taking time off from work to care for children who received a public health request to self-isolate

History

Related Materials

1.
URL - Is described by Project Website
2.
URL - Is supplemented by How to use the Database
3.
URL - Is part of Search the Database by Countries Here
4.
URL - Is cited by Daly, Mary; Ryu, Sunwoo; Polat, Ertuğrul (2023). Child-related Policies in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 40 Countries , Innocenti Working Papers, UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight

Country

United Kingdom

Policy Area

Additional income support for families with children

Measure

Cash for care

Eligibility

Scotland: Employed/self-employed individuals who were in receipt of income-related benefits and had self-isolating children aged under 16 Wales: Employed/self-employed individuals who were in receipt of income-related benefits and had self-isolating children in Year 8 or below (or aged under 25 with complex additional needs)

Type

Cash (social assistance)

Start / Announced Date

07/12/2020

End Date

N/A

Amount

£500 per occasion

Total Cost

N/A

Recipients

Parents

Route to the child

Indirect

Sources

Ferguson, D., Kennedy, S. and Barber, S. (2021) Coronavirus: test & trace support payments (Briefing paper no. CBP-9015). Available at: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9015/