Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department’s consultation entitled Windrush compensation: call for evidence, published on 10 May 2018, what meetings he has had with black majority church leaders since announcing that review.

Following the opening of the Call for Evidence on the compensation scheme, meetings have taken place with a number of individuals and organisations with links to affected communities, including those representing faith groups. This programme of engagement will continue in the weeks ahead, working with Martin Forde QC, the Independent Person that is overseeing the design of the scheme

In his Written Statement to the House of 24 May, the Home Secretary outlined that almost 100 responses had been received at that point as part of the Call for Evidence. Responses continue to be received and this number has, and will continue to, increase up until the Call for Evidence closes on 8 June.

The Government will publish a further public consultation on the design and shape of the scheme, as soon as the time has been taken to analyse the responses to the Call for Evidence and use the information gathered to inform design and implementation considerations.