Value of claims made to the self-employment support scheme in the UK 2021
As of July 19, 2020, the cost of the United Kingdom's first self-employment support scheme was estimated to be 7.8 billion British pounds, with the scheme supporting 2.7 million self-employed jobs effected by the Coronavirus pandemic by this date. The second tranche, launched in August 2020 had already reached a cost of 5.9 billion pounds by October 18, 2020, with the third tranche costing around 6.2 billion by the end of January 2021.
