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1337789

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date	17/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he had with officials in his Department on the potential merits of expanding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to include people who are self-isolating.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	17687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>It has always been clear that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is designed to protect jobs. HMRC guidance has been clear from the start that the scheme is not intended for short term absences from work due to sickness, and self-isolation should not be a consideration for employers when deciding if they should furlough an employee. The Government has specific, separate support in place for those self-isolating and has always been clear that businesses should support staff who are self isolating to work at home where possible.</p><p> </p><p>An extensive support package is in place for those self-isolating due to coronavirus including help for those on low incomes through the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme, where eligible individuals unable to work from home can receive a £500 one off payment, as well as Statutory Sick Pay being payable from Day 1. If an employer wants to furlough an employee for business reasons and they are currently off sick, then they are eligible to do so as with other employees. This has been set out in guidance since April last year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 17690 17827 question first answered 22/06/2021 10:13:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1337790

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of businesses who were aware that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could also be used to cover self-isolation of employees.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	17688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is not to be used simply because of short-term absences from work due to sickness or self-isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Where an employee is on sick leave or self-isolating as a result of coronavirus, the rules in relation to Statutory Sick Pay apply.</p><p> </p><p>Conversely, an employee is eligible for CJRS if they are unable to work because they are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable or are in the equivalent highest-risk group for severe illness from coronavirus, and following the public health guidance.</p><p> </p><p>These rules have been in place and clearly reflected in all versions of the guidance, since March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/06/2021 10:17:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1337791

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses who claimed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to cover self-isolation of employees with covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	17689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs neither collect nor hold data on the reasons that eligible employers make claims through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is not to be used simply because of short-term absences from work due to sickness or self-isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Where an employee is on sick leave or self-isolating as a result of coronavirus, the rules in relation to Statutory Sick Pay apply.</p><p> </p><p>Conversely, an employee is eligible for CJRS if they are unable to work because they are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable or are in the equivalent highest-risk group for severe illness from coronavirus, and following the public health guidance.</p><p> </p><p>These rules have been in place and clearly reflected in all versions of the guidance, since March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 17691 17826 question first answered 22/06/2021 10:15:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1337812

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department did not widely publicise that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could be used by employees who were self-isolating due to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	17690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>It has always been clear that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is designed to protect jobs. HMRC guidance has been clear from the start that the scheme is not intended for short term absences from work due to sickness, and self-isolation should not be a consideration for employers when deciding if they should furlough an employee. The Government has specific, separate support in place for those self-isolating and has always been clear that businesses should support staff who are self isolating to work at home where possible.</p><p> </p><p>An extensive support package is in place for those self-isolating due to coronavirus including help for those on low incomes through the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme, where eligible individuals unable to work from home can receive a £500 one off payment, as well as Statutory Sick Pay being payable from Day 1. If an employer wants to furlough an employee for business reasons and they are currently off sick, then they are eligible to do so as with other employees. This has been set out in guidance since April last year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 17687 17827 question first answered 22/06/2021 10:13:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1337815

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of businesses that did not claim for self-isolating employees on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) savings were to the public purse as a result of those non-claims.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	17691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs neither collect nor hold data on the reasons that eligible employers make claims through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is not to be used simply because of short-term absences from work due to sickness or self-isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Where an employee is on sick leave or self-isolating as a result of coronavirus, the rules in relation to Statutory Sick Pay apply.</p><p> </p><p>Conversely, an employee is eligible for CJRS if they are unable to work because they are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable or are in the equivalent highest-risk group for severe illness from coronavirus, and following the public health guidance.</p><p> </p><p>These rules have been in place and clearly reflected in all versions of the guidance, since March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 17689 17826 question first answered 22/06/2021 10:15:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle