AQW 13498/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she has had any engagement with the Department for Work and Pensions on the subject of raising Statutory Sick Payment levels to provide adequate support for COVID-19 self-isolation and shielding.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 27 January 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 27 January 2021
- Answer due by
- 11 February 2021
- Answered
- 9 February 202113 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
I have written to Therese Coffey, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to request that urgent consideration be given to increasing the rate of Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) to ensure that:
individuals are properly financially supported during the pandemic and
all those who are ill or self-isolating do not continue working thereby potentially endangering the health of others and further spreading the virus.