Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus

(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have received a rebate under the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme since 26 May 2020.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 23rd February 2022

The Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) Rebate Scheme supports employers with the cost of SSP paid to employees for absences related to COVID-19 for up to two weeks per employee. The scheme is available to UK based businesses with fewer than 250 employees.

From 26 May 2020 to 31 December 2021, the first SSP Rebate scheme paid out £88 million in support to 124,000 employers for SSP costs relating to 675,000 employees. Data from the current scheme will be released after the scheme ends.

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