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Written Question
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
Thursday 31st March 2022

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people who apply successfully to be hosts through the Homes for Ukraine will be able to provide sanctuary to people fleeing Ukraine in the next (a) week, (b) two weeks and (c) month.

Answered by Eddie Hughes

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answers given to Question UIN 145857 on 28 March 2022 and Question UIN 144955 on 29 March 2022, which include links to published guidance and information at Gov.uk.

Written Question
Refugees: Ukraine
Monday 14th March 2022

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Secretary of State of the Home Department's oral statement on 1 March 2022, Official report, column 916, how many people his Department expects will come to the UK through the humanitarian sponsorship pathway over the next three months; and when his Department expects the first people using that pathway to arrive.

Answered by Eddie Hughes

I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State's oral statement to Parliament of 14 March 2022.

Written Question
Refugees: Ukraine
Monday 14th March 2022

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Secretary of State for the Home Department's oral statement on 1 March 2022, Official report, column 916, whether the humanitarian sponsorship pathway will operate in a similar way to the community sponsorship scheme.

Answered by Eddie Hughes

I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State's oral statement to Parliament of 14 March 2022.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions

"Will the Secretary of State tell us whether the number of family hubs will match the number of Sure Starts that have been cut since 2010? Does he regret the loss of so many Sure Starts and recognise the serious damage that has been done to a generation?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions

"This Budget should have been first and foremost an opportunity to address the very serious cost-of-living crisis that is now affecting an increasing number of families across the country. Instead, the Government’s decisions have made things worse. There is now immediate pressure on all our constituents from rising energy bills, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions

"My hon. Friend is right that there was action that the Government could take to address the cost-of-living crisis. Instead, the Resolution Foundation has said that we have the weakest pay growth since the 1930s, with little prospect of things improving.

The Government have failed to take action to ease …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 May 2021
Antisemitic Attacks

"The whole House will stand in solidarity with Jewish people across the country in the face of vile antisemitism, misogynistic hate speech, violence and incitement. No one should be in any doubt that attempting to blame Jewish communities for the actions of the Israeli Government is appalling antisemitism and is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2021
Towns Fund

"Castleford has put in a bid to the towns fund, and I have been working with Wakefield Council, community organisations and local businesses to draw up plans for badly needed investment here in our town; to restore some of the cuts in investment and jobs we have had over the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"I spoke to the previous Secretary of State to ask for Knottingley in my constituency to be included in the towns fund, because the high street is under great pressure and has been heavily hit by public service cuts and Government spending cuts in the last few years. We have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"We are still waiting for important details of the stronger towns fund. Whether it be in Scotland, England or Wales—all over the country—our towns have seen lower job growth than in our cities and have often been harder hit by austerity. We have lost sports centres, libraries, community centres and …..."
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