Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department will provide consular and legal assistance to (a) members of the Windrush generation and their children and (b) people who arrived between 1973 and 1988 applying for citizenship or the right to remain from abroad.

The consular assistance the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can offer overseas is set out in our public guide at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-british-nationals-abroad-a-guide.

The Home Secretary announced a dedicated Windrush Scheme at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/undocumented-commonwealth-citizens-resident-in-the-uk which will ensure that members of the Windrush generation will be able to obtain the documents to confirm their status. This applies equally to their children born in the UK and those who arrived in UK as minors, and to others who have been in the United Kingdom for a long period of time. This includes information and assistance for those currently overseas and contact details of the Windrush Taskforce.