Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of temporarily employing staff at the weekend to ensure that applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme are processed as quickly as possible.

UKVI has already redeployed caseworking staff in the UK to work seven days a week to process Ukraine applications, and has temporarily loaned in staff from other departments like HM Revenue and Customs to help manage demand. Overtime opportunities are also available for weekend working.