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Written question asked by Lisa Nandy (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 January 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 January 2019 (named day). It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Monday, 21 January 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Emigration: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2018 to Question 202774 on Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry, what future support his Department plans to provide to the Family Restoration Fund for former child migrants

Answer

On 19 December the Government published its response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's Interim Report and its report on Child Migration Programmes. The response states that the Government will establish an ex-gratia payment scheme and will ensure that former child migrants receive a payment as soon as possible, in recognition of the fundamentally flawed nature of the historic child migration policy. Further details will be provided shortly.

The Government response also recognised that the Family Restoration Fund provides a valuable service and stated that the Government will continue the Fund until the end of the current scheme, by which time the Fund will have provided over £8 million to support reunions, over more than a decade. Beyond this future funding decisions will be a matter for the upcoming spending review.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
208839
Session
2017-19
Related items
Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
Thursday, 20 December 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Children Finance Offences against children Emigration Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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