{"value":{"id":1400331,"askingMemberId":4782,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-01-10T00:00:00","uin":"99076","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will extend full statutory sick pay to self-employed people who are required to self-isolate as a result of covid-19.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1609,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>No. Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is paid for by employers and there is no mechanism to include the self-employed in SSP.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does have a wider safety net to ensure self-employed people are supported through the welfare system.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Sick Pay: Self-employed","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1400331","method":"GET"}]}