Written Question·Home Office·UIN 16389

Asylum: Sponsorship

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Andy Slaughter

LabourHammersmith and Chiswick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to expand the Community Sponsorship scheme as part of the refugee resettlement strategy; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of that scheme’s capacity to provide an effe

Answer

Alex Norris
As announced on 27 June, the refugee study and named community sponsorship routes will open to applications from prospective lead sponsors this autumn, with arrivals expected from autumn 2027 onwards. The new routes will operate alongside the existing UK ...

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