Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 4
4
Accepted
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Home Office lacks data on Windrush scandal victims and compensation eligibility
Conclusion
It reflects the deep and far-reaching problems with the compliant environment policy that, four years on from the emergence of the scandal, the Home Office still does not know how many people were affected and how many are eligible to apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the need to rebuild trust and describes extensive ongoing engagement and outreach efforts with community and faith leaders, including running events and working with the Windrush Working Group.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
The current planning assumption is that there are between 4,000 and 6,000 eligible claims, and this has been reached following comprehensive revisions to our scenario analysis. The scenario analysis uses operational, qualitative, and quantitative information from the Windrush Scheme and the Windrush Compensation Scheme as well as further insights from communications activity, outreach, and engagement with people affected. While estimating the number of affected people remains extremely challenging, we think that this revised planning assumption more accurately reflects the number of eligible claims. The revision to our planning assumption does not change the department’s commitment to ensuring all affected members of the Windrush generation can make a claim and receive the maximum compensation to which they are entitled.
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