Windrush Lessons Learned Review

(asked on 17th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to The Response to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review: A comprehensive improvement plan, published in September 2020, CP293, what the scope is of the review and evaluation being undertaken of the public funds stream to the compliant environment; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
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Priti Patel
This question was answered on 23rd November 2020

The comprehensive improvement plan set out the aim to review all the compliant measures and cumulatively. We are currently in the discovery and scoping phase of the review.

There are six primary streams to the compliant environment – some of which only apply to England and Wales – which will be covered in our response to this recommendation. These are:

  • Work – to prevent those who are ineligible from working;
  • Housing – to prevent those without lawful status from accessing the private rental sector.
  • Public Funds – to prevent those who are ineligible from accessing mainstream support and benefits;
  • Health – to charge upfront for non-urgent health care and recover costs for emergency treatment where payment upfront was not possible;
  • Financial Services – to prevent people deemed as disqualified due to lack of lawful status from accessing current accounts;
  • Driving – to prevent those without lawful status from holding licences while in the UK.

A full evaluation of the Right to Rent scheme is already underway. The evaluation includes a call for evidence to tenants, landlords and letting agents; a large mystery shopping exercise; and surveys of landlords. Members of the right to rent consultative panel provided input into the design of the evaluation. COVID-19 has impacted the field work and delivery of the final implementation report is now scheduled for spring 2021.

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