Robert Jenrick corrected a written answer on Windrush Lessons Learned Review

17 January 2023 · Commons written answer · Home Office

Kate Osamor (Labour, Edmonton) asked written question 119209 on 9 January 2023. Robert Jenrick answered on 17 January 2023 for the Home Office, and Robert Jenrick corrected the answer on 17 January 2023. The corrected text adds the figures 120, 200, which the original did not give. Altogether 168 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on a programme of reconciliation events with members of the Windrush generation as recommended by the Windrush Lessons Learned Review.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~In March 2020~~ the ~~then~~ Home ~~Secretary published Wendy Williams's Windrush Lessons Learned Review, which set out 30 recommendations for~~ the department. A substantial amount of work has been done on considering options for delivering this recommendation, including discussions with external stakeholders around the function of the ~~recommendation.~~ We ~~will keep~~ the ~~Home Affairs Select Committee updated~~ on the ~~progress~~ of ~~all~~ the ~~Wendy Williams recommendations.~~	We understand the importance and value of engaging with communities impacted by the Windrush scandal through face-to-face engagement. The Home Office has held over 200 public engagement and outreach events across the country to raise awareness of the Windrush Schemes, including 120 one-to-one surgeries attended by Windrush Help teams to support people applying for documentation. We continue to work collaboratively with communities through the Windrush Community Fund launched in 2020 and have supported 27 community and grassroot organisations to provide promotional and outreach activity on the Windrush Schemes. On 20 September 2022, a new Community Engagement Fund was launched to bridge any remaining gaps in raising awareness of the Windrush Schemes, with a particular focus on also reaching those eligible from a non-Caribbean background.

Original

Corrected

~~In March 2020~~ the ~~then~~ Home ~~Secretary published Wendy Williams's Windrush Lessons Learned Review, which set out 30 recommendations for~~ the department.
A substantial amount of work has been done on considering options for delivering this recommendation, including discussions with external stakeholders around the function of the ~~recommendation.~~ We ~~will keep~~ the ~~Home Affairs Select Committee updated~~ on the ~~progress~~ of ~~all~~ the ~~Wendy Williams recommendations.~~

We understand the importance and value of engaging with communities impacted by the Windrush scandal through face-to-face engagement. The Home Office has held over 200 public engagement and outreach events across the country to raise awareness of the Windrush Schemes, including 120 one-to-one surgeries attended by Windrush Help teams to support people applying for documentation.
We continue to work collaboratively with communities through the Windrush Community Fund launched in 2020 and have supported 27 community and grassroot organisations to provide promotional and outreach activity on the Windrush Schemes. On 20 September 2022, a new Community Engagement Fund was launched to bridge any remaining gaps in raising awareness of the Windrush Schemes, with a particular focus on also reaching those eligible from a non-Caribbean background.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

Read from	https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1565022?expandMember=true
Date read	15 October 2026
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