Aug. 01 2023
Source Page: Windrush Compensation Scheme data: June 2023Found: Windrush Compensation Scheme data: June 2023
Mentions:
1: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) and effectiveness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme. - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) College legal clinic, is that, of comparable compensation schemes, the Windrush compensation scheme has - Speech Link
3: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
6: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
7: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
8: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
9: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of compensation payments made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme to people experiencing psychological trauma resulting from discrimination because they could not prove their right to stay in the UK.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Windrush Compensation Scheme is designed to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered because they were unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status.
The scheme acts as a single gateway for compensation in fourteen categories covering a broad range of impacts, including denial of access to services and a deterioration in mental or physical health. There is no cap on the amount of compensation we will pay. This is in recognition of the wide-reaching ways people have been affected.
Since its launch, the Home Office has continued to listen and respond to feedback from affected individuals and stakeholders about the scheme, expanding and amending it as our understanding of the way people have been affected has improved. In August 2022 we expanded the homelessness category and introduced a completely new ‘Living Costs’ category for close family members.
Compensation payments are made as quickly as possible. Decision makers draw upon all the evidence that has been provided and gathered, to make a holistic assessment of the effect on an individual’s life. Each person’s claim is deeply personal and requires careful and detailed consideration to understand their individual circumstances and experiences. All claims are processed with the utmost care and sensitivity.
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of compensation payments made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme for people who experienced discrimination from public services because they could not prove their right to stay in the UK.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Windrush Compensation Scheme is designed to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered because they were unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status.
The scheme acts as a single gateway for compensation in fourteen categories covering a broad range of impacts, including denial of access to services and a deterioration in mental or physical health. There is no cap on the amount of compensation we will pay. This is in recognition of the wide-reaching ways people have been affected.
Since its launch, the Home Office has continued to listen and respond to feedback from affected individuals and stakeholders about the scheme, expanding and amending it as our understanding of the way people have been affected has improved. In August 2022 we expanded the homelessness category and introduced a completely new ‘Living Costs’ category for close family members.
Compensation payments are made as quickly as possible. Decision makers draw upon all the evidence that has been provided and gathered, to make a holistic assessment of the effect on an individual’s life. Each person’s claim is deeply personal and requires careful and detailed consideration to understand their individual circumstances and experiences. All claims are processed with the utmost care and sensitivity.
Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) scheme for women born in the 1950s.We also have the Windrush scandal. - Speech Link
2: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) If necessary, we would place the Windrush compensation scheme outside the Home Office if it continued - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) look at the mineworkers’ compensation scheme, which was a massive scheme. - Speech Link
Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham, Deptford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of compensation payments made under the Windrush scheme to former armed forces personnel.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Windrush Compensation Scheme is designed to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered because they were unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status.
The scheme acts as a single gateway for compensation in fourteen categories covering a broad range of impacts, including denial of access to services and a deterioration in mental or physical health. There is no cap on the amount of compensation we will pay. This is in recognition of the wide-reaching ways people have been affected.
Since its launch, the Home Office has continued to listen and respond to feedback from affected individuals and stakeholders about the scheme, expanding and amending it as our understanding of the way people have been affected has improved. In August 2022 we expanded the homelessness category and introduced a completely new ‘Living Costs’ category for close family members.
Compensation payments are made as quickly as possible. Decision makers draw upon all the evidence that has been provided and gathered, to make a holistic assessment of the effect on an individual’s life. Each person’s claim is deeply personal and requires careful and detailed consideration to understand their individual circumstances and experiences. All claims are processed with the utmost care and sensitivity.
Aug. 01 2023
Source Page: Windrush Compensation Scheme data: June 2023Found: Windrush Compensation Scheme data: June 2023
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) As for the compensation scheme to which the noble Lord referred, he will be very pleased to know that - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) My Lords, there is a growing suspicion that the compensation scheme that has been implemented was designed - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the compensation scheme was designed to be as clear and simple as possible so that people do - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Since February 2023, the Windrush compensation scheme engagement team has attended more than 19 events - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) As I mentioned—I hope this reassures my noble friend—the engagement with the Windrush compensation scheme - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab - Lewisham, Deptford) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
2: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
3: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
4: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
5: Anneliese Dodds (LAB - Oxford East) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
6: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) compensation scheme. - Speech Link
7: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Lady that Martin Levermore, the independent adviser to the Windrush scheme, supported the scheme remaining - Speech Link