If you're eligible to receive an award, it will be calculated based on your circumstances. To help support people during the COVID-19 pandemic a non-repayable Discretionary Support self-isolation grant payment has been put in place to help with short-term living expenses where a person, or a member of their immediate family, has been infected by COVID-19 or told to self-isolate. Social Fund Sure Start Maternity Grants.Universal Credit Contingency Fund payment.Discretionary Support self-isolation grant.Extra financial supportįinancial support may be available if you are in a financial crisis or need support including: You can apply for ESA online, by telephone, textphone or posting a claim form. If you need to self isolate you will be treated as being ill and do not need to go to a GP.Īll Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appointments at assessment centres have been postponed. There is temporary removal of the seven waiting days if you are making a New Style ESA claim. Employment and Support AllowanceĮmployment and Support Allowance (ESA) offers support and financial help so you can do suitable work if you are able to. Payments will still be processed as usual. If you're already receiving benefits, you will continue to receive payments. It is important that we have this conversation with you as part of your Universal Credit claim process. You will be given notice of your telephone appointment on your Universal Credit journal. Your work coach will contact you by telephone to discuss what activities you can do to help you move into employment and to offer support. To arrange an appointment contact the Universal Credit Service Centre. You should tell us when booking your appointment if you need interpreting support. If you are unable to use our telephone or digital services we can arrange an urgent appointment in your local Jobs and Benefits office. You will be asked to observe social distancing, to use hand sanitiser and to wear a face covering. Only those with a pre-booked appointment will be admitted to the office. Appointments at Jobs and Benefits officesĪll Jobs and Benefits offices are now open for business on an appointment basis. The programme works with a number of key stakeholders who provide support to Access to Work (NI) participants and this may change the level of support available to all participants due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Payments to participants on the programme will continue to be processed by a limited number of available staff and contingencies have been put in place to make sure this continues. Access to Workįace to face appointments for Access to Work (NI) have been temporarily suspended. If you find that you are not eligible for any of the payments above, you may wish to apply for Discretionary Support. You may be able to get other help to heat your home. This information is for Northern Ireland only, if you live in England, Scotland or Wales visit the GOV.UK website. The Professor, who spearheaded the lockdown measures, added that he is 'optimistic we'll be able to start seeing each other again in the next month, which is within the road map plan'.This page provides information if you are claiming benefits or considering claiming benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. 'I don't think, just because cases are rising in Europe, that necessarily throws our timetable into doubt what it may do is affect planning around restrictions on international travel, how much we try and screen people coming into the country.' He added: 'We have vaccinated more than twice the proportion of the population than any other European country has done, so we're in a better place from that point of view. Prof Ferguson, who resigned from his Government position after he was caught breaking social distancing rules to visit his married lover, said the UK has 'rolled out vaccination very fast and so we are in a very different position for most European countries'. Covid variants could be entering UK from France.Parents threaten legal action over masks in the classroom.Priti Patel tells worried Brits ‘change is coming’ to travel ban.Should we cancel trip & why can influencers go away?.No holidays until at least autumn, says Prof Lockdown.PM risks fresh vaccine row over UK’s ‘greedy’ jab firms.Children in line for Covid jabs from AUGUST.

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