Windrush Compensation Scheme

(asked on 6th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush Compensation Scheme claimants rejected the outcome of a Tier 2 review decision in each month from April 2019 to September 2022.


Answered by
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Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 20th September 2022

From April 2019 to date, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has accepted and implemented all recommendations made by the Independent Adjudicator, following Tier 2 review decisions.

From April 2019 to date, the Windrush Compensation Scheme has accepted and implemented all recommendations made by an internal independent person who had not previously been involved in the claim, following a Tier 1 review.

Windrush Compensation Scheme published data shows that between April 2019 and July 2022, 188 individuals submitted a Tier 2 review request following a Tier 1 review decision.

A full breakdown including dates can be found at tab WCS_09: Transparency Data.

The Adjudicator’s Office is a separate organisation, independent of the Home Office. More information about how the Adjudicator’s Office administers an independent Tier 2 review of Windrush Compensation Scheme decisions is available here.

If an individual remains dissatisfied with the service or decision of the Adjudicator’s Office, even where they choose to accept that Tier 2 decision, they can ask their MP to send their review request or complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

When the Ombudsman receives a complaint, they will initially conduct a primary investigation and where further information is required, the Ombudsman may launch a full investigation.

Up to the end of August 2022, the Ombudsman had investigated 14 cases relating to Tier 2 reviews. All investigations up to December 2021 have been closed. 7 claims received from January 2022 onwards remain open. No complaints relating to Tier 2 review outcomes have progressed to a full investigation.

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