PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Self-employment Income Support Scheme (3 November 2020)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of self-employed workers who are ineligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

Just over 5 million individuals were assessed for potential eligibility to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme; about 1.6 million of these were assessed to be ineligible.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
9 November 2020