Claiming Financial Support Under the Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme

The guidance has been updated to reflect the impact that exemption from self-isolation has on eligibility for the Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme.

The guidance has been updated to reflect the impact that exemption from self-isolation has on eligibility for the Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme.

The £500 Test and Trace Support Payment is for people on low incomes who have to self-isolate because they have:

  • tested positive for COVID-19; or
  • been notified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, and, from 16 August, they are not exempt from self-isolation. The guidance sets out who is exempt.

You may be eligible if you are employed or self-employed, cannot work from home, and will lose income as a result. The parent or guardian of a child or young person who is self-isolating may also be eligible for the Test and Trace Support Payment.

See Claiming financial support under the Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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