PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Self-employment Income Support Scheme (31 May 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the income effect of the Self Employed Income Support Scheme on people who are also claiming universal credit.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

We treat the Self Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) payments as self-employed earnings and take them into account in the month in which it is received.

The Department has not made an assessment of the income effect of the SEISS on people who are also claiming universal credit.

Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
3 June 2020