Covid-19 self-isolation support payments will no longer be available with effect from 24 February 2022

In addition, Prime Minister announces that Covid provisions for statutory sick pay and ESA will cease from 24 March 2022

Covid-19 self-isolation support payments will no longer be available with effect from 24 February 2022, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced.

In a statement yesterday, setting out the government's strategy for living with Covid, Mr Johnson confirmed that, with effect from 24 February 2022, the government will

• remove the requirement to self-isolate following a positive test;  
• end self-isolation support payments, although people who were instructed to self-isolate before this date will still be able to claim support payments within the next 42 days; and
• end national funding for practical support.

NB - the strategy highlights that the plans apply to England only, and that the devolved administrations will set out how they will manage the transition in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In addition, with effect from 24 March 2022, the Covid-19 provisions within statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance - including the removal of waiting/qualifying days and provision for those having to self-isolate to be treated as being incapable of work/having limited capability for work - will end, although people with Covid-19 may still be eligible subject to the normal conditions of entitlement.

For more information, see PM statement on living with Covid: 21 February 2022 from gov.uk