Question follow-through · 41917

Windrush Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department will put in place to ensure the Windrush Commissioner’s (a) advice and (b) recommendations to the Government are promptly acted upon.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department will put in place to ensure the Windrush Commissioner’s (a) advice and (b) recommendations to the Government are promptly acted upon.

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Windrush Commissioner will provide independent scrutiny, challenge and advice to the Home Secretary and Ministers, ensuring the lessons from Windrush are applied across the Home Office and are acted on throughout government.As the Windrush Commissione...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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