Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards developing a compensation scheme for those affected by the Windrush scandal; and when any compensation is expected to be paid to those affected.

The Government has made it clear we intend to put in place a compensation scheme quickly and carefully to redress what has gone wrong.

On 19 July, we launched the Windrush Compensation Consultation. The consultation period will run for 12 weeks ending on 11 October.

I would encourage people to respond to the consultation, to help inform the design of the scheme.

Following consultation, the scheme will open as soon as possible.