LESS THAN one in five of victims of the Windrush scandal who claimed compensation have received payouts, official figures have revealed.

According to the Home Office, up to 1,867 claims had been submitted and only £4.1million in payments had been handed out to 338 people by the end of January.

Through the scheme, 91 claims have been made for people who have already died but only three have ended in payments being made.

In more than 200 cases, appeals have been launched against decisions as 150 eligible applicants were informed they were not entitled to any payouts due to their claims not accurately proving they had been severely affected by the ongoing scandal.

Meanwhile, a further 103 claims have been rejected on the grounds of eligibility.

Nick Thomas-Symonds, Labour’s shadow home secretary, called the low payout rate “disgraceful” and added that “The Windrush Compensation Scheme isn’t worthy of the name.” The Government’s handling of this is heaping insult on top of injustice”.

“The Home Secretary promised to take charge of this issue – this is yet another example of failure and incompetence,” he said.

More substantial and quicker payouts were promised to victims of the scandal after ongoing complaints of its inefficiency.

On Wednesday, the Home Secretary Priti Patel told the Commons Home Affairs Committee that there was still more work to do to improve the compensation scheme and it was going to take time.

Minimum payments have risen from £250 to £10,000 while the maximum has increased from £10,000 to £100,000 in efforts to improve the current system.