Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 29
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Deferred
Paragraph: 98
Windrush scheme data needs to include specific metrics on offers and claim durations.
Conclusion
The Home Office should clarify what progress it made on processing cases submitted prior to 14 December 2020 between 14 December 2020 and 31 March 2021; additionally, going forwards, the scheme data it publishes monthly should include: the number of offers made; whether offers are interim, preliminary or final, and the number of claims that have been in the scheme for a) 6–12 months, b) 12 to 18 months, c) 18 to 24 months and d) longer than 24 months.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states it is reviewing its approach to payments made by claimants seeking to prove lawful status through charged immigration applications, without addressing the request for specific scheme data and progress metrics.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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Up until 1 January 2020 we received 1775 applications and as of October 31,2021, we have given a full and final offer (or a response to confirm an individual is not entitled to an award) to 71% (1269) of the claims received. The department has changed the monthly transparency data publication to include more detail, including the number and value of offers made, as well as the age of the cases broken down into categories 1-3 Months, 3-6 Months, 6-9 Months, 9-12 Months, 12-18 Months and over 18 Months. The published data can be found here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/ file/1036997/Windrush_Compensation_Scheme_Data__-_October_2021_V2.ods
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