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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated to the Welsh Government for the Financial Year 2023-24 from the £150 million UK-wide funding to help support Ukrainian guests move into their own homes and reduce the risk of homelessness among those people.

Local authority funding is a devolved matter in Wales and primarily funded via the Barnett formula.

However, the £150 million of funding will be allocated between the different parts of the UK in relation to their proportion of Ukrainian guests. This money is to help support Ukrainian guests move into their own homes and reduce the risk of homelessness. The Secretary of State will be writing to local authorities to set out further details of this once the allocation method has been finalised.

As referenced in the Written Ministerial Statement by my Rt. Hon Friend, the Secretary of State, on 14 December 2022, the Local Authority Housing Fund has been identified from within existing England-only Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities budgets and as such there is no additional Barnett formula funding for devolved governments.

The UK Government continues to work closely with the Devolved Governments, including the Welsh Government, as well as local authorities in Wales on support for Ukrainian and Afghan arrivals