Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) scope and (b) purpose are of the community grant fund established to promote access to the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme with regard to (i) when that scheme will be launched (ii) who will be eligible to bid and (iii) which activities will be eligible for funding from that grant fund.

The purpose of the £500,000 Windrush Schemes Community Fund will be to provide community organisations with funding to run outreach, promotional and support activity to raise awareness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme and the Windrush Scheme.

The Home Office will be working with stakeholders to co-design and deliver the Fund. Further details, including eligibility criteria and when the Fund will be open for bids, will be released in due course.