Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inquiries about issues relating to the immigration status of members of the Windrush generation have been received by her Department (a) on the Windrush helpline and (b) from people in Wales in 2018.

On 16 April, The Home Office established a Taskforce to ensure that members of the Windrush generation were able to evidence their right to be in the UK.

Individuals considered as possible Windrush are referred for a call back from an experienced caseworker. To the end of August, 6,564 individuals have been referred for a call back.

Callers are not required to provide a correspondence address when calling the helpline and information relating to the geographic location of callers is not available.