Windrush Compensation Scheme

Liz McInnes Excerpts

Wednesday 3rd April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

The hon. Lady makes a very important point. We want to make sure everyone feels they can, first, come forward to the Windrush scheme itself, in terms of documentation, passports and the work of the taskforce, and, secondly, make claims for compensation. For example, no information relating to those who come forward to the compensation scheme will be supplied to immigration enforcement, or in respect of any other issues and concerns that people might have.

[Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)]

Will a fixed address or a bank account be required to claim compensation? Some people will have been denied access to these under the hostile environment.

[Sajid Javid]

It would certainly be helpful if a claimant for compensation has a bank account, but we have set out to make sure that justice is done in the fairest way possible. If there are exceptional circumstances in how we pay compensation, we will of course take that into account.