Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 60212, what activities were expected to be covered by the initial payment of £20 million for set-up costs; how many individuals have been employed on (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent contracts for this work in the last 12 months; and what further payments to Rwanda his Department expects to make before 31 December 2022.

Under our Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, the UK has provided Rwanda with an initial investment of £120m as part of a new Economic Transformation and Integration Fund. We do not expect to make further payments to Rwanda before 31 December 2022.

We have also undertaken to provide funding to Rwanda for individuals relocated. This funding will cover asylum processing (case workers, translators etc), accommodation, healthcare, and for those granted protection, a comprehensive integration package. As part of this, the UK made a £20m upfront payment to the Government of Rwanda to support initial set up costs. The Government of Rwanda is responsible for the allocation of the funding they receive.

Actual spend will be reported as part of the annual Home Office Reports and Accounts in the usual way.