Resettlement: Hong Kong

(asked on 19th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much and what proportion of the £43 million support package for BN(O) arrivals has been spent.


Answered by
Kemi Badenoch Portrait
Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 27th October 2021

In April, DLUHC launched a £43 million UK-wide Welcome Programme for 2021-22 to support British National (Overseas) [BN(O)] status holders as they arrive in the UK and settle into their new communities.

We have distributed £3.6 million to establish a network of 12 virtual Welcome Hubs across the UK, helping to coordinate support and offer practical advice to BN(O) status holders In July, we announced £2.6 million of Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) grant funding to support the integration of BN(O) status holders further through employment, mental health and wellbeing initiatives. We are presently assessing applications for this funding.

£30.7 million is also available to local authorities in England to provide targeted English language provision, and where needed, destitution support for those BN(O) status holders whose circumstances change. A further £5.8 million has been provided to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland through the Barnett formula.

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