Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Deferred
Paragraph: 50
Clarify proactive Windrush compensation outreach and re-contact affected individuals.
Conclusion
The Home Office should clarify how many of those 13,800 people were proactively contacted and offered support to apply for compensation as well. It should contact them again to ensure they have full information about the changes to the compensation scheme and the help available to apply.
Government Response Summary
The government provides statistics on applications and offers made, and states it has changed its monthly transparency data publication to include more detail on offers and case age. However, it does not clarify how many of the 13,800 people were previously contacted or commit to contacting them again with updated information.
Paragraph Reference:
50
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
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