Caroline Nokes: The Government Response to the Windrush Consultation states at paragraph 4.50 on page 39 that we will exempt Windrush compensation payments from the calculation for income related benefits. The Home Office has been working with colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions to action this.
Sajid Javid: The settlement scheme is working incredibly well. To update the House, 800,000 applications have already been made since its launch, with almost 700,000 concluded. The hon. Gentleman mentions Windrush, and if he wants another Windrush, he should continue with the proposal that he just suggested.
Caroline Nokes: The Home Secretary provides monthly updates on the work of the Windrush Taskforce to the Home Affairs Select Committee. The correspondence can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on- the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush It is intended that updates on the number of outstanding application will be provided in the future.
Afzal Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2019 to Question 276277 on Immigration: Windrush Generation, what the criteria of proportionality will be when applied to people applying to the Windrush compensation scheme.
Helen Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Windrush citizens who have (a) applied to the Windrush Compensation Scheme and (b) received compensation under that scheme; and what the total amount awarded under that scheme is to date.
Will Quince: Any payment of capital from the Windrush Compensation Scheme or the Windrush Exceptional Payments Scheme will be disregarded indefinitely for the calculation of capital in Universal Credit and other means-tested benefits.
Stuart Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on compensating victims of the Windrush scandal; and what the deadline is for applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Priti Patel: All individuals who receive an award of compensation from the Windrush Compensation Scheme receive an apology from the Home Office with their full and final offer of compensation. This is set out in paragraph 3.1 of the scheme rules available on gov.uk here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-sch eme-full-rules.
Priti Patel: On 30 September, I published a Comprehensive Improvement Plan in response to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review. This can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-lessons- learned-review-response-comprehensive-improvement-plan
Bell Ribeiro-Addy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2019 to Question 276275 on Immigration: Windrush Generation, if she will publish data on the time taken between a person submitting a claim to the Windrush compensation scheme and a decision being made on that claim.
Priti Patel: Details regarding the amount of applications for urgent and exceptional support made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and how many of those applications were successful can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/update-to-hasc-on -windrush-28-april-2020.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Windrush Compensation Scheme, what criteria her Department uses to determine the effect of the Windrush scandal on the lives of the claimants to that scheme.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 15 April 2021 to Question 179171, on Windrush Generation: Compensation, if she will estimate the number of applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme that remain outstanding more than (a) two years, (b) 18 months and (c) 12 months after the applicants first submitted those applications.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 15 April 2021 to Question 179171, on Windrush Generation: Compensation, if she will estimate the number of applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme that remain outstanding more than (a) two years, (b) 18 months and (c) 12 months after the applicants first submitted those applications.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2021 to Question 179276 on Windrush Generation: Compensation, how many of the impacts listed in Annex H2 of the Compensation Scheme Rules: December 2020 must claimants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme demonstrate to qualify for a preliminary payment.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2021 to Question 179274 on Windrush Generation: Compensation, how many claims to the Windrush Compensation Scheme were fully settled in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.
Vicky Foxcroft: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 3065 on Windrush Generation: compensation, for what reasons the number of claimants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme that have demonstrated no impact on life is not held centrally.
Yvette Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Recommendation Three of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review, how many events with the Windrush generation have taken place with a focus on reconciliation and in the presence of (a) trained facilitators and/or specialist services and (b) senior Home Office staff and ministers.
Baroness Benjamin: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist victims of the Windrush scandal who still face long waits; and what plans they have to review the levels of compensation granted to applicants of the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Robert Jenrick: There is no cap on the amount of compensation the Windrush Compensation Scheme will pay out. The Government is determined to right the wrongs for affected members of the Windrush generation and will ensure that all funding requirements are met.