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1645066

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	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 claims for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme have been awarded as of 15 June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	189879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>Information relating to the number of claims that have been paid compensation through the Windrush Compensation Scheme is included in Windrush Compensation Scheme Transparency Data, together with the Windrush Schemes Fact Sheet, both of which are published regularly.</p><p>The latest Transparency data for the Compensation Scheme was published on 1 June 2023, which covers the period up to the end of April 2023. Data covering the period of May 2023 up to 15 June 2023 has not been published yet.</p><p>The requested information can be found on Tab WCS_03 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-april-2023" target="_blank">Windrush Compensation Scheme data: April 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The latest Windrush Schemes factsheet is available here: <a href="https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2023/06/01/windrush-schemes-factsheet-april-2023/" target="_blank">Windrush Schemes Factsheet – April 2023 - Home Office in the media (blog.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 15:20:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1645067

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	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 recent assessment her Department has made of the number of people who are eligible for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	189880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>A revised assessment has been completed using operational data up to the 1st of April 2023, updated assumptions and the same methodology as previous assessments. This assessment will be announced in an upcoming impact assessment, which is currently being finalised.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 15:27:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1645068

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	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: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unsuccessful claims for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme have been subject to appeal up to 1 June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	189881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme has established a review process for those dissatisfied with their compensation offer. First, a review can be conducted through an internal Home Office review by a senior decision maker not involved with the original decision (Tier 1). If someone is still dissatisfied, an independent review is conducted by the Adjudicator’s Office (Tier 2).</p><p>Information relating to the number of Windrush Compensation Scheme claims that applied for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 review is included in Windrush Compensation Scheme Transparency Data.</p><p>The latest Transparency data for the Compensation Scheme was published on 1 June 2023, which covers the period up to the end of April 2023. Data covering the period of May 2023 up to 1 June 2023 has not yet been published.</p><p>The requested information can be found on Tab WCS_09 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-april-2023" target="_blank">Windrush Compensation Scheme data: April 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 15:28:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1645069

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	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 has been the cost to public purse of services provided by the We Are Digital company for the Windrush compensation scheme as of 15 June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	189882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish this information as it is deemed to be commercially confidential. Publishing this information would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of both the Home Office and those companies with whom the Home Office enters contracts.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 15:32:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1645070

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	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: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme have died while waiting for a decision on their application.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
	uin	189883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme staff are working hard to ensure cases are prioritised for claimants with critical or life-limiting illnesses.</p><p>In the unfortunate circumstances where a claimant has passed away after submitting a compensation claim, before the claim is fully resolved, the team continues to work closely with the appointed representative, usually members of the family, to ensure the compensation payment is made as quickly as possible to the family member.</p><p>At the end of April 2023, in line with the latest published Transparency data, out of the 6,122 claims received by the Windrush Compensation Scheme, we are aware of 41 claimants who have unfortunately passed away after having submitted a claim.</p><p>Please note that this data is manually recorded and is reliant on the person receiving the information on a claimant’s death, notifying the Windrush Compensation Scheme to record this information.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 15:30:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1645051

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of unaccompanied asylum seeking children who went missing from hotel accommodation remain unaccounted for.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	189803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>We take the safety of those in our care seriously. We have robust safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all young people in hotels are safe and supported as we seek urgent placements with a local authority.</p><p>Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of social workers and nurses. All contingency sites have security staff on site 24/7 and providers liaise closely with local police to ensure the welfare and safety of vulnerable residents.</p><p>As of 05 June, there were 154 young people missing.</p><p>If any child goes missing, including an accompanied asylum seeking child, the MARS (Missing After Reasonable Steps) protocol is followed. A multi-agency, missing persons meeting is chaired by the local authority to establish the young person's whereabouts and to ensure that they are safe. Similar protocols within police forces have safely reduced the number of missing episodes from placements by 36%.</p><p>The Home Office continue to work with the police and local authorities to ensure the children in our care are safe. The police are responsible for locating any missing children.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/06/2023 14:20:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1642412

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Work Permits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the eligibility criteria of the Frontier Worker Permit on shipping crew availability for UK vessels in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL8249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Frontier Worker permit scheme implements our obligations under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK (that is employed or self-employed in the UK but residing elsewhere) before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.</p><p>We do not publish data on Frontier Worker permits by occupation, and so data is not available on Frontier Worker permits issued to shipping crew.</p><p>Those coming to the UK to work after the end of the transition period are not protected by the Citizens’ Rights Agreements and are therefore required to apply under the points-based immigration system. This enables migrants to come to the UK to work in the shipping and wider offshore sectors, subject to meeting the skills and salary thresholds and other requirements.</p><p>There are specific arrangements for transiting crew who are joining ships in the UK or taking temporary shore leave. In many cases, crew can exceptionally enter the UK without an entry clearance and undertake limited forms of work.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL8250 HL8251 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:47:12 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1642413

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Work Permits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the eligibility criteria of the Frontier Worker Permit on shipping crew availability for UK supply chains and goods availability in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, (3) 2025 (4) 2026.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL8250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Frontier Worker permit scheme implements our obligations under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK (that is employed or self-employed in the UK but residing elsewhere) before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.</p><p>We do not publish data on Frontier Worker permits by occupation, and so data is not available on Frontier Worker permits issued to shipping crew.</p><p>Those coming to the UK to work after the end of the transition period are not protected by the Citizens’ Rights Agreements and are therefore required to apply under the points-based immigration system. This enables migrants to come to the UK to work in the shipping and wider offshore sectors, subject to meeting the skills and salary thresholds and other requirements.</p><p>There are specific arrangements for transiting crew who are joining ships in the UK or taking temporary shore leave. In many cases, crew can exceptionally enter the UK without an entry clearance and undertake limited forms of work.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL8249 HL8251 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:47:12 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1642414

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Work Permits
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the options for an extension to or replacement of the Frontier Worker Permit for 2026 and beyond.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL8251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Frontier Worker permit scheme implements our obligations under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK (that is employed or self-employed in the UK but residing elsewhere) before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.</p><p>We do not publish data on Frontier Worker permits by occupation, and so data is not available on Frontier Worker permits issued to shipping crew.</p><p>Those coming to the UK to work after the end of the transition period are not protected by the Citizens’ Rights Agreements and are therefore required to apply under the points-based immigration system. This enables migrants to come to the UK to work in the shipping and wider offshore sectors, subject to meeting the skills and salary thresholds and other requirements.</p><p>There are specific arrangements for transiting crew who are joining ships in the UK or taking temporary shore leave. In many cases, crew can exceptionally enter the UK without an entry clearance and undertake limited forms of work.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL8249 HL8250 question first answered 20/06/2023 15:47:12 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1643800

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	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 14 March 2023 to Question 158881 on Slavery, what estimate her Department has made of the average number of days taken by (a) Multi-Agency Assurance Panels decision-making (b) second pair of eyes review processes; and what proportion of negative Conclusive Grounds decisions were upheld under these processes for identifying victims of modern slavery.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	188925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>All negative reasonable grounds and conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism undergo a second pair of eyes review by a second caseworker or manager as part of the decision making process. Data on the time taken and proportion of negative decisions upheld following such a review are not routinely recorded. All negative decisions that are issued have been upheld by the second pair of eyes.</p><p>Prior to December 2022 Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) reviewed negative conclusive grounds decisions in an advisory capacity prior to the decision being issued. Following the review by MAAPs, the MAAP feedback report was returned to the Competent Authority. Data regarding the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under this process, and the time taken to do so, is not published.</p><p>The design of the MAAP process contributed to the number of days being added to decision-making timelines and were removed due to increasing pressure on the timeliness of NRM decision-making. Consideration continues to be given to the scope and process of any possible alternative assurance process that will not contribute to decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 188927 question first answered 20/06/2023 10:45:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas