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1258128

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush Compensation Scheme claims her Department has (a) accepted and (b) rejected, to date.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	124830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Information on the Windrush Compensation Scheme claims that have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected, to date is available to view on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-november-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-november-2020</a></p><p>Our priority remains to process claims as quickly as possible. However, the Home Office does not have a set time within which claims are to be resolved. This is because the Windrush Compensation Scheme has thirteen claim categories, each individual’s compensation claim is deeply personal and requires detailed consideration to understand their circumstances and experiences. This enables the Home Office to make an individualised assessment of the value of compensation to be awarded. Some individuals’ experiences are more complex than others and it is right we take the time to ensure these are considered carefully. This holistic approach necessarily takes time, but is ultimately beneficial to individuals.</p><p>In some cases, we will make interim payments on parts of the claim that are straightforward to determine, such as immigration fees, thereby speeding up the provision of compensation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 124831 124832 question first answered 08/12/2020 15:10:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1258129

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is to process an application to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	124831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Information on the Windrush Compensation Scheme claims that have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected, to date is available to view on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-november-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-november-2020</a></p><p>Our priority remains to process claims as quickly as possible. However, the Home Office does not have a set time within which claims are to be resolved. This is because the Windrush Compensation Scheme has thirteen claim categories, each individual’s compensation claim is deeply personal and requires detailed consideration to understand their circumstances and experiences. This enables the Home Office to make an individualised assessment of the value of compensation to be awarded. Some individuals’ experiences are more complex than others and it is right we take the time to ensure these are considered carefully. This holistic approach necessarily takes time, but is ultimately beneficial to individuals.</p><p>In some cases, we will make interim payments on parts of the claim that are straightforward to determine, such as immigration fees, thereby speeding up the provision of compensation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 124830 124832 question first answered 08/12/2020 15:10:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1256616

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to implement the comprehensive improvement plan, published in September 2020 in response to the Windrush lessons learned review.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Ed Davey
uin	122553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>I am committed to delivering lasting and meaningful change across the entire department to make sure that the Home Office better represents all the communities it serves, and to ensure that nothing like this happens again.</p><p>Work continues at pace to implement the comprehensive improvement plan and I will update Parliament on progress in the new year, ahead of Wendy Williams returning to assess our progress in September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/12/2020 15:47:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1256801

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to reduce the evidential requirements for eligibility for compensation from the Windrush Compensation Scheme from beyond reasonable doubt to the balance of probabilities.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	122818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme awards compensation according to both actual losses and tariff-based awards. Where awards are for actual losses it is right we seek to obtain an appropriate level of assurance these losses were incurred in order to fulfil our duty to properly manage taxpayers’ money.</p><p>However, we do not expect people to meet the criminal standard of proof. We therefore published revised Windrush Compensation Scheme rules and guidance in October which clarify that the scheme operates on the balance of probabilities. This means caseworkers must be satisfied it is more likely than not that the losses and impacts being claimed for were suffered due to difficulties evidencing lawful status. We are working through more detailed changes to the ‘Loss of Access to Employment’ category to enable the actual losses section to be operated on the balance of probabilities as well.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 122819 question first answered 03/12/2020 15:49:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1256802

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made the effect of the requirement to provide evidence beyond reasonable doubt for the Windrush Compensation Scheme on the proportion of successful claimants.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	122819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme awards compensation according to both actual losses and tariff-based awards. Where awards are for actual losses it is right we seek to obtain an appropriate level of assurance these losses were incurred in order to fulfil our duty to properly manage taxpayers’ money.</p><p>However, we do not expect people to meet the criminal standard of proof. We therefore published revised Windrush Compensation Scheme rules and guidance in October which clarify that the scheme operates on the balance of probabilities. This means caseworkers must be satisfied it is more likely than not that the losses and impacts being claimed for were suffered due to difficulties evidencing lawful status. We are working through more detailed changes to the ‘Loss of Access to Employment’ category to enable the actual losses section to be operated on the balance of probabilities as well.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 122818 question first answered 03/12/2020 15:49:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1254441

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the recent findings of the Independent Adviser on the Ministerial Code on her conduct, what steps she has taken to ensure Home Office staff have a working environment that is (a) safe and (b) free from bullying and harassment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	119225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The Permanent Secretary and I are committed to a Home Office where there is the strongest possible partnership between Ministers and officials, based on support, candour, challenge, mutual respect and professionalism.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/11/2020 18:52:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1253238

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891 on Windrush Lessons Learned Review, what data on ethnicity she plans to collect to inform the review and evaluation of the public funds stream to the compliant environment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>I accepted the Windrush Lessons Learned Review’s important findings, including those relating to measures designed to regulate access to work, benefits and services, including access to public funds</p><p>We are currently in the discovery phase of the review. We are scoping what data is available on the cohort that may not have recourse to public funds. This scoping phase will include what demographic data is available for analysis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/11/2020 17:13:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1252898

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to The Response to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review: A comprehensive improvement plan, published in September 2020, CP293, what the scope is of the review and evaluation being undertaken of the public funds stream to the compliant environment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	116378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The comprehensive improvement plan set out the aim to review all the compliant measures and cumulatively. We are currently in the discovery and scoping phase of the review.</p><p>There are six primary streams to the compliant environment – some of which only apply to England and Wales – which will be covered in our response to this recommendation. These are:</p><ul><li>Work – to prevent those who are ineligible from working;</li><li>Housing – to prevent those without lawful status from accessing the private rental sector.</li><li>Public Funds – to prevent those who are ineligible from accessing mainstream support and benefits;</li><li>Health – to charge upfront for non-urgent health care and recover costs for emergency treatment where payment upfront was not possible;</li><li>Financial Services – to prevent people deemed as disqualified due to lack of lawful status from accessing current accounts;</li><li>Driving – to prevent those without lawful status from holding licences while in the UK.</li></ul><p>A full evaluation of the Right to Rent scheme is already underway. The evaluation includes a call for evidence to tenants, landlords and letting agents; a large mystery shopping exercise; and surveys of landlords. Members of the right to rent consultative panel provided input into the design of the evaluation. COVID-19 has impacted the field work and delivery of the final implementation report is now scheduled for spring 2021.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2020 17:09:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1252223

registered interest
date	16/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to ensure asylum interviews of persons applying for refugee status on grounds of sexual orientation are not affected by the potential views and prejudices of interpreters present at the interview.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	115701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>All interpreters are subject to qualification checks when joining the Home Office interpreter panel and performance is regularly monitored and assessed. Interpreters are also governed by a Code of Conduct that clearly sets out requirements and expectations. Any breaches of standards are rigorously investigated, assessed and appropriate action taken.</p><p>A revised version of the Code of Conduct was published in November 2020. We are also in the process of revising our sexual orientation guidance for caseworkers, which will highlight and enhance these requirements.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2020 17:04:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1250838

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with external stakeholders on the role of the proposed Migrants' Commissioner.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	114131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>As outlined in the Comprehensive Improvement Plan on 30 September 2020, the Home Office will be consulting with the Windrush Cross-Government Working Group on how to take forward the Migrants’ Commissioner role.</p><p>The Working Group brings together key stakeholders and community leaders with representatives from a number of government departments, to support the delivery of solutions for the Windrush generation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/11/2020 17:04:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron