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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the (a) additional financial challenges that will be experienced by sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine scheme over the winter 2022-23 and (b) potential merits of increasing the monthly thank-you payment to hosts to help cover rising energy bills.

We are overwhelmed by the response we have received to the Homes for Ukraine programme and thank sponsors for their support. Lead sponsors can receive monthly £350 ‘thank you’ payments for up to 12 months of Homes for Ukraine sponsorship per address. These payments are funded separately to the £10,500 of funding available to local authorities for 12 months per person.