Freelance Evidence for Judicial Review

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* 1. Do you do work on a PAYE (“employed for tax purposes”) basis?

Yes

If yes, what proportion is PAYE (“employed for tax purposes”)?

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* 2. Were you able to access the UK government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)?

Yes

No, I work at the BBC

No, there's another reason (please explain)

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* 3. Were you able to access the UK government Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)?

Yes

No, you didn’t trade in the tax year 2018 to 2019

No, you didn’t submit your Self-Assessment tax return on or before 23 April 2020

No, your self-employed trading profits were less than 50%

No, you didn’t trade in the tax year 2019 to 2020

No, your PAYE (“employed for tax purposes”) income was more than 50%

No, you were paid via PAYE (“employed for tax purposes”) but were no longer working for the company on 19 March 2020

No, you work via a limited liability company/Personal Service Company

No, you combine self-employed work (under self-assessment) with employed work

No, there was another reason (please specify)

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* 4. Were you able to claim Universal Credit?

Yes

If not, why not?

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* 5. Whilst other workers have received support since March, how has the lack of financial help from the government schemes impacted on your income since then?

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* 6. What will be the medium term effects of not having that income/support during the period of the pandemic?

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* 7. What will be the long term impact on you of not having access to this income/support from March to October 2020?

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* 8. Has this exclusion from the government schemes, (from March to October this year) affected your wellbeing, your family, and livelihood?

Yes

If yes, please explain why

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* 9. Have you managed to find any work during this period?

If yes, was it to the same level you would ordinarily have?

If no, please quantify

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* 10. Has your work returned to a pre-lockdown normal?

Yes

If no, how would you describe your current workload/income?

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* 11. Have you incurred debt / had to access charitable support as a result?

Yes

If yes, please outline

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* 12. Is there anything else you want to add about how the government’s failure to offer you support has impacted on you?

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* 13. If you have one sentence to say to the chancellor about the lack of support for freelance workers - what would you say?

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* 14. Would you be prepared for your quotes to be used (tick as appropriate)

On the record

Anonymised

Neither

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