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Recommendation 47
47
Deferred
Urgently publish the equalities impact assessment for the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Recommendation
Given the concerns about the Department’s understanding of the eligible cohort and the difficulties with obtaining documentary evidence, in the interest of transparency we further recommend that the Home Office urgently publishes its equalities impact assessment for the Windrush Compensation Scheme. (Paragraph 157) Impact on life
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response outlines its existing two-stage review process for compensation claims and clarifies the criteria for preliminary payments, but does not address the recommendation to publish the equalities impact assessment for the scheme.
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
We intend to publish the Scheme’s overall Equality Impact Assessment in the new year once it has been updated to reflect the assessments that have been carried out for all of the recent changes to the Scheme.
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