Question follow-through · 14507
Asylum: Sponsorship
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.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
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.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2026
Answer published
As announced on 27 June, the refugee study and named sponsorship routes will open to applications from prospective lead sponsors in the autumn, with arrivals expected from autumn 2027 onwards. The refugee work route is expected to open next year.The Home ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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