Children in poverty: No recourse to public funds

Work and Pensions Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 28 Jul 2021 Closed: 21 Oct 2022 Parliament page
This inquiry is looking at children in poverty. This is a complex subject, so the Committee’s work will be in several parts. For the second part of the inquiry, we are looking at the experiences of children who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF). Read the call for evidence … Read more
14 Recommendations
8 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
2 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 8 events
13 Jun
2022
Report published
14 Apr
2022
Report published
23 Mar
2022
Correspondence
19 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
19 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
17 Jan
2022
Correspondence
20 Oct
2021
Oral evidence
20 Oct
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
19 Jan 2022
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Work and Pensions Committee
Alison Samedi · Home Office David Rutley · Department for Work and Pensions Tom Pursglove · Home Office Will Quince · Department for Education
20 Oct 2021
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Work and Pensions Committee
Azmina Siddique · The Children's Society Catherine Houlcroft · NRPF Network Caz Hattam · The Unity Project Christianah Awodiji · Manchester Local Care Organisation Cllr Jasmine Ali · Southwark Council Leah Arnold · City of Wolverhampton Council Morgan Wild · Citizens Advice Penny Ademuyiwa · North Kent Susanne Millar · Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report - Children in poverty: No recourse to public funds HC 603 14 Apr 2022 22 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
Clear
2 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Seventh Report - Children in pover…
We recommend that the Government undertakes research to establish if children in families subject to...
We recommend that the Government undertakes research to establish if children in families subject to the NRPF condition are overrepresented in serious case reviews. We are pleased that the Department for Education is enthusiastic about improving the communication between organisations … Read more
Government Response
The Department for Education will consider whether no recourse to public funds (NRPF) is an indicator of risk in serious child safeguarding cases via the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, and will also consider updating the Serious Incidents Notification System by adding a NRPF indicator.
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4 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Seventh Report - Children in pover…
We recommend the Government ensures the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme is evaluated swiftly and...
We recommend the Government ensures the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme is evaluated swiftly and consequential policy decisions are made quickly. The pilot must be fully rolled out or alternative measures put in place immediately to ensure that survivors of … Read more
Government Response
The government will provide £1.4 million in 2022–23 to continue to fund support for migrant victims of domestic abuse while vital lessons learned from the pilot inform future policy decisions, but the timeline for implementing policy recommendations is dependent on the details of those recommendations.
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15 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Seventh Report - Children in pover…
We recommend that people on the 5 year route to leave to remain are not...
We recommend that people on the 5 year route to leave to remain are not moved onto the 10 year route following a successful application for a change of conditions, even if they are still accessing public funds when they … Read more
Government Response
The Home Office has suspended the practice of moving an applicant that has received recourse to public funds following a change of conditions application off the five-year route to settlement at the point a decision is made, but the ability to stay on this route will be assessed at their next application for leave to remain.
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 14 classified
Accepted 3
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 9
Deferred 1
Rejected 6
Total 14 recs + 8 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
23 Mar 2022 Correspondence with the DWP, DfE and Home Office about Children in poverty: No recourse to public funds
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17 Jan 2022 To committee Letter from the DWP, DfE and Home Office regarding Children in poverty: No recourse to public funds dated 6 January 2022
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