Windrush Generation: Compensation
(asked on 9th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much compensation has been paid out by the Windrush Compensation Scheme to date; and how much they estimate will be paid out in total before that Scheme ends.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Information on the total number of claims paid and the overall amount paid out by the scheme is available to view on GOV.UK at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-october-2020.
In relation to estimated costs these are referred to in the Home Office’s Impact Assessment IA No: HO 0329 dated 29/1/20. The Home Office has secured funding from HM Treasury for the scheme, and there is no cap on the amount of compensation an individual can receive.