Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer to Question 103509, when he expects Dame Lynne Owens’ independent investigation into the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford on 24th of October 2025 to conclude.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

On 11 November, the Deputy Prime Minister announced a five-point national action plan to reduce releases in error, which includes strengthening release checks across prisons and commissioning an independent review led by Dame Lynne Owens.

The Deputy Prime Minister has recently received the review and is carefully considering Dame Lynne’s findings and recommendations. The Government will respond shortly.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what engagements she has had with the Windrush Commissioner since he took up that role.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Independent Windrush Commissioner, since his appointment last year, has engaged regularly with the Minister for Migration and Citizenship and senior Home Office officials and will continue to do so as part of his role in overseeing progress on the Government’s commitments.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants for the Windrush compensation scheme whose applications are being processed.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As of the end of December 2025, the Windrush Compensation Scheme had received 11,133 claims. Of those, 10,696 claims (over 94% of all claims received) had received a final decision, with 9,061 claims fully closed.

The Government remains committed to improving the Windrush Compensation Scheme. To ensure those who wish to apply to the scheme are supported to do so, the Government launched the £1.5 million Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund in 2025, enabling trusted local organisations to help claimants gather evidence and complete applications. The Year 2 funding round opened on 12 January and closed on 6 February, with successful bids to be announced shortly.

Work is also underway, in collaboration with the Windrush Commissioner, to review the scheme’s application process.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Windrush compensation scheme.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As of the end of December 2025, the Windrush Compensation Scheme had received 11,133 claims. Of those, 10,696 claims (over 94% of all claims received) had received a final decision, with 9,061 claims fully closed.

The Government remains committed to improving the Windrush Compensation Scheme. To ensure those who wish to apply to the scheme are supported to do so, the Government launched the £1.5 million Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund in 2025, enabling trusted local organisations to help claimants gather evidence and complete applications. The Year 2 funding round opened on 12 January and closed on 6 February, with successful bids to be announced shortly.

Work is also underway, in collaboration with the Windrush Commissioner, to review the scheme’s application process.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme that have not made a claim.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As of the end of December 2025, the Windrush Compensation Scheme had received 11,133 claims. Of those, 10,696 claims (over 94% of all claims received) had received a final decision, with 9,061 claims fully closed.

The Government remains committed to improving the Windrush Compensation Scheme. To ensure those who wish to apply to the scheme are supported to do so, the Government launched the £1.5 million Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund in 2025, enabling trusted local organisations to help claimants gather evidence and complete applications. The Year 2 funding round opened on 12 January and closed on 6 February, with successful bids to be announced shortly.

Work is also underway, in collaboration with the Windrush Commissioner, to review the scheme’s application process.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the potential merits of reforming the application process to the Windrush compensation scheme.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As of the end of December 2025, the Windrush Compensation Scheme had received 11,133 claims. Of those, 10,696 claims (over 94% of all claims received) had received a final decision, with 9,061 claims fully closed.

The Government remains committed to improving the Windrush Compensation Scheme. To ensure those who wish to apply to the scheme are supported to do so, the Government launched the £1.5 million Windrush Compensation Advocacy Support Fund in 2025, enabling trusted local organisations to help claimants gather evidence and complete applications. The Year 2 funding round opened on 12 January and closed on 6 February, with successful bids to be announced shortly.

Work is also underway, in collaboration with the Windrush Commissioner, to review the scheme’s application process.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s response of 8 January 2026 to the Pavement parking: options for change consultation, whether the research commissioned by her Department will include (a) measurement of physical damage to footways attributable to pavement parking and (b) an estimate of the annual cost to local authorities of repairing such damage.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The research announced on 8 January 2026 focuses on measuring the current prevalence and impacts of pavement parking, providing a baseline against which the effects of future legislation can be measured.

This study will include a measure of public satisfaction with pavement condition, but not a direct measure of physical damage attributable specifically to pavement parking. We are also working with a sample of local authorities to collect data on the financial impacts to local authorities, including the annual costs of pavement maintenance arising from pavement parking.

Endometriosis Awareness Month 2026

Palantir and the NHS

Found: A pologies were received from Marie Goldman MP, Sir Jonathan Stephens and Simon Thurley.

Found: Michele Dix James Court-Martin (Lords) Paul Duffree Catherine Hallett (R&R Client Team) Marie Goldman

Found: Members were members of the Committee during the inquiry: Sarah Coombes (Labour; West Bromwich) Marie Goldman

Found: Members were members of the Committee during the inquiry: Sarah Coombes (Labour; West Bromwich) Marie Goldman