The UK Government has so far paid out £25.2billion in financial support to 2.9million self-employed individuals whose business has been affected by coronavirus through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).
The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that 9.1 million total grants have been claimed by self-employed workers across the UK since the scheme launched in May last year.
HMRC also said that 3.4m self-employed individuals were identified as potentially eligible for the fourth SEISS grant - which closed for applications on June 1 - but that only 2m (58%) of that figure have actually made a claim.
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