Immigration: Windrush Generation

(asked on 4th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of a wrong decision being made denying a person the right to re-enter the UK under the Windrush scandal on eligibility for benefits and tax credits which require residency in the UK for the last two years.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 9th July 2019

Officials in the Home Office continue to work closely with the DWP and HMRC on the design and delivery of the compensation scheme but also on individual cases through the Taskforce. The joint working has enabled those with a right to benefits to have them re-instated.

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