Seventh Report - Children in poverty: No recourse to public funds
Select Committee
Work and Pensions Committee
HC 603
14 April 2022
Recommendations
3 results
2
Accepted in Part
Para 17
We recommend that the Government undertakes research to establish if children in families subject to...
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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.
Department for Work and Pensions
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4
Accepted in Part
Para 21
We recommend the Government ensures the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme is evaluated swiftly and...
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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.
Department for Work and Pensions
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Accepted in Part
Para 53
We recommend that people on the 5 year route to leave to remain are not...
Recommendation
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 …
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Government Response Summary
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.
Department for Work and Pensions
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