Home Office apology over Windrush data blunder

The Home Office has apologised after making a data protection blunder when circulating information about the Windrush compensation scheme.

An “administrative error” meant that emails sent to some individuals and organisations who had registered an interest in being kept informed about the launch of the scheme included email addresses of other recipients.

Five batches of emails, each with 100 recipients, were affected.

Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes disclosed the error in a statement to the House of Commons.

She said: “Regrettably, in promoting the scheme via email to interested parties, an administrative error was made which has meant data protection requirements have not been met, for which the Home Office apologises unreservedly.”