Question follow-through · 8622
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what is her Department's policy on the intended scale of a Named Community Sponsorship scheme.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what is her Department's policy on the intended scale of a Named Community Sponsorship scheme.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
In the Restoring Order and Control statement, published in November 2025, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme and capped routes for refugee and displaced ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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