Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the High Court's decision of 7 May 2020 on the Government's policy on no recourse to public funds, what estimate she has made of the total amount of backdated benefit payments owed to families who have been found to have been wrongfully denied them under the no recourse to public funds policy.

The department that takes the policy lead on determining whether people have access to public funds is the Home Office which has noted the court’s decision and will provide submissions when the judgement and full reasons are handed down.