Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) claimants will be charged for calls to the Windrush compensation scheme helpline and (b) Home Office employees will staff that phone line.

The Windrush Helpline can be contacted for free in the UK on 0800 678 1925. Claimants from overseas can call the helpline, or email WindrushCompensationScheme@homeoffice.gov.uk, and request to be called back.

All calls are dealt with by Home Office employees.