This inquiry will examine the design and implementation of the Windrush Compensation Scheme and the support that is provided to individuals through the ‘Windrush Scheme: support in exceptional circumstances’ policy. It aims to understand whether these schemes are operating effectively for people who apply and whether changes are needed so that people who apply feel their applications have been considered fairly and swiftly. It would also like to know what the Home Office can do to provide better support to anyone who applies to the scheme.
Witnesses Jacqueline McKenzie (Solicitor and Immigration Adviser at McKenzie Beute and Pope), Holly Stow (Senior Caseworker at North Kensington Law Centre), and Martin Forde QC (Independent Adviser, Windrush Compensation Scheme)