Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will provide the same package of support to local authorities for Ukrainian refugees as for Afghan refugees.

The UK has a long and proud history of welcoming people, including recent arrivals from Syria, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. Every scheme is different and learns from the successes or challenges of those before.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which prompted the Government’s humanitarian response, is a very different set of circumstances to those which led to the Government’s other humanitarian schemes; and these different circumstances require different responses.

Under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, sponsors are offered a thank you payment of £350 per month for up to twelve months. The Government will provide funding of £10,500 per person to local authorities to enable them to provide support to families and integrate them into communities.