Question follow-through · 14872

Asylum: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what assessment her Department has made of the timeline for establishing a Names Community Sponsorship Scheme.

answeredHome Office

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 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 assessment her Department has made of the timeline for establishing a Names Community Sponsorship Scheme.

  2. 9 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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 this autumn, with arrivals expected from autumn 2027 onwards. The refugee work route is expected to open next year.Arrivals un...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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