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1354543

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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 staff in her Department are working on the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	47027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>As of August 2021, the Home Office (HO) has 63.1 FTE decision-making caseworkers working on the Scheme, which will increase by 56 Caseworkers over the next four months.</p><p>No Windrush Compensation Scheme caseworkers have been reallocated as a result of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 47028 question first answered 20/09/2021 14:18:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1354544

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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, whether caseworkers who were previously working on the Windrush Compensation Scheme have been re-allocated as a result of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	47028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>As of August 2021, the Home Office (HO) has 63.1 FTE decision-making caseworkers working on the Scheme, which will increase by 56 Caseworkers over the next four months.</p><p>No Windrush Compensation Scheme caseworkers have been reallocated as a result of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 47027 question first answered 20/09/2021 14:18:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

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

1250376

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Coronavirus
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 6 November 2020 to Question 110196 on Government Departments: Staff, what Non-casework resource was reassigned from the Windrush Compensation Scheme to the Covid Helpline.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	113612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Non-casework staff that supported the Covid Helpline included team members with specific call centre expertise and experienced call handlers. The former supported the team for a short period to set up the Helpline, including call centre systems, management data production and development of tools for call handlers. These team members were not reassigned to the Covid Helpline. Experienced Call handlers were reassigned to the team and supported the training and mentoring of new team members and receipt of customer calls.</p><p>The redeployment had minimal impact on performance as team members had been upskilled to undertake a variety of duties across the team so that work could be prioritised. Intake on claims and calls was lower than forecast which enabled the support to be agreed. The support was reviewed in line with intake and team members were returned to the team in a staged process to ensure that both areas had the resource that they required.</p><p>We are aware of nine unfortunate cases to date where the claimant has passed away since January 2019, of which one claim received a final decision.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 113613 question first answered 18/11/2020 15:05:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1250378

registered interest
date	10/11/2020
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, how many Windrush Compensation Scheme applicants have died since January 2019; and of those how many had received final decisions on their applications.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	113613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Non-casework staff that supported the Covid Helpline included team members with specific call centre expertise and experienced call handlers. The former supported the team for a short period to set up the Helpline, including call centre systems, management data production and development of tools for call handlers. These team members were not reassigned to the Covid Helpline. Experienced Call handlers were reassigned to the team and supported the training and mentoring of new team members and receipt of customer calls.</p><p>The redeployment had minimal impact on performance as team members had been upskilled to undertake a variety of duties across the team so that work could be prioritised. Intake on claims and calls was lower than forecast which enabled the support to be agreed. The support was reviewed in line with intake and team members were returned to the team in a staged process to ensure that both areas had the resource that they required.</p><p>We are aware of nine unfortunate cases to date where the claimant has passed away since January 2019, of which one claim received a final decision.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 113612 question first answered 18/11/2020 15:05:19 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1247909

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff members of her Department have been assigned to work on the Windrush Compensation Scheme for each month since April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	110195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The table below details the number of staff members in the Home Office assigned to work on the Windrush Compensation Scheme for each month since April 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>August 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115.9</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Non casework resource was assigned to support the set up and delivery of Covid Helpline. The staff were seconded based on their expertise with no impact to casework delivery. Call and claim intake was low during this period resulting in no impact to Helpline Customer Service delivery.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 110196 question first answered 06/11/2020 19:50:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1247911

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any Windrush Compensation caseworkers have been reassigned to other departments or roles in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	110196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2020 answer text <p>The table below details the number of staff members in the Home Office assigned to work on the Windrush Compensation Scheme for each month since April 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>August 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115.9</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Non casework resource was assigned to support the set up and delivery of Covid Helpline. The staff were seconded based on their expertise with no impact to casework delivery. Call and claim intake was low during this period resulting in no impact to Helpline Customer Service delivery.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 110195 question first answered 06/11/2020 19:50:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1236719

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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 plans she has to invite external organisations to contribute to the upcoming review of the compliant environment recommended to be undertaken by the Windrush Lessons Learned Review.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	93653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>My officials are consulting external experts, community organisations and the very people the Home Office has failed in the past in an extensive programme of engagement to ensure officials understand the change that is needed and that the organisation at every level learns the lessons of what went wrong.</p><p>I have accepted the Windrush Lessons Learned review’s important findings and I will be updating the House in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 28/09/2020 12:23:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1231793

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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 cases have been closed in each month since April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	86120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of claims on which compensation has been paid under the Windrush Compensation Scheme is available to view on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-august-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-compensation-scheme-data-august-2020</a>. Data also refers to the number of zero entitlement claims and those rejected on eligibility grounds.</p><p>We deploy staff flexibly across different areas. We now have over 100 staff working on the Windrush Compensation Scheme, including the Windrush Helpline, casework, quality assurance, payment and review functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 86121 question first answered 15/09/2020 14:46:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor