Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of 28 March 2023 by the Minister for Veterans Affairs on Afghan Resettlement Update, Official Report, column 847, on what date the Prime Minister asked the Minister to put together plans to end the practice of Afghan families living in bridging hotels.

On 28 March, I set out the Government’s intention to increase our support to Afghans who have been resettled in the UK to access independent accommodation and thereby end the use of temporary bridging hotels for this cohort.

Recognising that this will require a sustained cross-Government effort, on 2 February 2023, the Prime Minister asked me to lead on convening departments that are responsible for the delivery of this work from within the Cabinet Office. Secretaries of State and Ministers remain accountable for their respective policy briefs.