Question follow-through · 1720
Windrush Compensation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for compensation under the Windrush Compensation Scheme have died while waiting for a decision on their application.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 2 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for compensation under the Windrush Compensation Scheme have died while waiting for a decision on their application.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Aug 2024
Answer published
As at the end of June 2024, in line with the latest published Transparency data, out of the 8,607 claims received by the Windrush Compensation Scheme, we are aware of 56 claimants* who have unfortunately passed away after having submitted a claim.The Wind...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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