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Asylum: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will have in determining eligibility for the proposed sponsored refugee scheme.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
7 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will have in determining eligibility for the proposed sponsored refugee scheme.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    As announced on 27 June, arrivals under the new safe and legal routes will start small and build over time. The number of arrivals will be carefully managed to align with the UK’s capacity to support refugees.Refugee status will be determined in partnersh...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the rollout of new safe and legal routes for refugees.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: Sponsorship

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be used to accredit organisations acting as lead sponsors under the proposed community sponsorship scheme for refugees.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum: Sponsorship

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards will be put in place to help ensure that organisations sponsoring refugees under the community sponsorship scheme are resourced to provide housing, integration and employment support.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Deportation: Slavery

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards will be introduced to distinguish between genuine and vexatious modern slavery claims in cases where removal action has already commenced.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Deportation

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the figure of nearly 70,000 removals of individuals with no right to remain has been verified and broken down by category of removal.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology was used to estimate the figure of 412,000 illegal migrants in the United Kingdom.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Police

6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the College of Policing report on police leadership published on 6 July 2026.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Police: Finance

6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided for police leadership development in each financial year since 2020-21.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Home Office: Westminster Hall Sittings

9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to her Department of preparing ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undercover Policing Inquiry

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual operating cost of the Undercover Policing Inquiry in each financial year since its establishment.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undercover Policing Inquiry

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff are currently employed by the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undercover Policing Inquiry

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has undertaken an equality impact assessment in relation to proposals concerning the future of the Undercover Policing Inquiry.