Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost of (a) providing a homes for refugees scheme, whereby UK residents are able to open their homes to refugees irrespective of their country of origin, and (b) accommodating a person in a bridging hotel according to costs as of 10 May 2022.

The existing Community Sponsorship Scheme provides the opportunity for friends and neighbours, charities and faith groups to play a direct role in supporting families resettled to the UK as they restart their lives here.

Further details on the Community Sponsorship Scheme can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-full-community-sponsorship

There are currently no plans to establish a broader Homes for Refugees programme and it is not possible to undertake a cost comparison as suggested.