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Written Question
Migrants: Compensation
Monday 23rd January 2023

Asked by: Lord Hylton (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the backlog of applications for full compensation following mistakes by the Home Office regarding migration or residence status.

Answered by Lord Murray of Blidworth

The Windrush Compensation Scheme was launched in April 2019 to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered as a result of being unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status in the United Kingdom.

The current number of claims that are awaiting a decision at all stages of the initial consideration process, referred to as ‘Work in Progress’ (WIP), for the Windrush Compensation Scheme is published in the Transparency Data release. The latest data was published on 13th January 2023 and can be found at: Windrush Compensation Scheme data: November 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The relevant page is WCS 05 - Total WIP and Age.

Commons Chamber
Windrush Lessons Learned Review: Implementation of Recommendations - Tue 10 Jan 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (LAB - Aberavon) The reality is that this Government’s treatment of the Windrush generation is surely one of the most - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dines (CON - Derbyshire Dales) This Government are absolutely not betraying the Windrush generation. - Speech Link
3: Brendan Clarke-Smith (CON - Bassetlaw) The Minister mentions some of the issues that have been faced by the Windrush generation. - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Jan. 26 2023

Source Page: Role and remit review of ICIBI discontinued
Document: Comprehensive Improvement Plan (PDF)

Found: The Windrush Compensation Scheme was launched in April 2019 to provide compensation to those who suffered

Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2023-24: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes May. 29 2024

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: requirement of ID to vote at polling stations 58 Require all new build properties to have solar power generation

Select Committee
Home Office supplementary estimates memorandum 2022/23

Estimate memoranda Mar. 01 2023

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: These include issues around the Windrush generation and modern slavery. 1.

Select Committee
Letter from the Home Secretary on the Windrush Lessons Learned Review (WLLR) Recommendations, dated 26 January 2023

Correspondence Feb. 01 2023

Inquiry: The Windrush Compensation Scheme
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: Letter from the Home Secretary on the Windrush Lessons Learned Review (WLLR) Recommendations, dated

Select Committee
Seventy-Second Report - Update on the rollout of smart meters

Report Oct. 20 2023

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: consumers different prices at different times, for example lower costs when there is more green energy generation

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Jan. 26 2023

Source Page: Role and remit review of ICIBI discontinued
Document: Windrush Lessons Learned Review (PDF)

Found: Taskforce and to apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

Select Committee
Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office

Oral Evidence Jan. 31 2024

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: and abuse of retail workers, if I may, especially in the light of the upcoming proposed smoke-free generation

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Home Office

Sep. 19 2023

Source Page: Home Office annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023
Document: Home Office annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: We will build on our commitment to righting the wrongs suffered by members of the Windrush Generation