Catherine West MP MP for Hornsey & Wood Green and Labour Candidate for Hornsey & Friern Barnet
UK families signed up in their thousands to house Ukrainian refugees, with over 400 host families in Haringey alone. Their initial commitment was for six months. As that reaches an end, I’ve met with host families in Hornsey & Wood Green and urged the Government to produce a follow-on plan that gives Ukrainians and host families the support they need.
Watch my question in Parliament:
Read my letter to the Minister:
Read my Parliamentary Questions, and any responses I have received here:
- To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the funding of £10,500 per person which the Government provides to councils for Homes for Ukraine, what recent assessment her Department has made of the way in which council are spending that funding, and what conditions are placed on that funding. Awaiting response
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether new hosts who offer as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme to accommodate Ukrainians who have previously stayed with another host as part of that scheme will be entitled to receive the full 12 months of thank you payments; and whether there are deductions on the amount of those payments new hosts are eligible for arising from payments made to the previous host. Awaiting response
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will appoint a new Minister for Refugees. Awaiting response
- To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support will be available to Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme after the end of the initial six month period for which sponsors were asked to host. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-08/49748
- To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the system for issuing payments to refugees and hosts under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-10/15742
- To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who receive the single person’s Council Tax discount and who sponsor refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme to continue receiving that discount beyond the initial 12 month period if they continue hosting Ukrainian refugees. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-08/49747
- To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of local authorities have received the full amount owed to them by the Government to cover the cost of payments owed to hosts and refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-10/15741
- To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department collects data on the number of (a) subsidence payments made to refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme and (b) thank you payments made to hosts under that scheme. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-10/15740
- To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to rehome Ukrainian refugees, who have arrived to the UK via the Homes for Ukraine Scheme in the event that they can no longer stay with their host families. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-17/3697
If you are affected by these issues, Haringey Council has lots of useful information on their website here: