1. How many individual guests (including children) have arrived in your local authority and been matched under the Homes for Ukraine scheme?
1437 – please note this is based on arrived visa status and is a live figure that can change constantly.
2a. How many hosts is total have register for the scheme?
948 – please note this is the number reported on the Government system and can include duplicates if a person has registered more than once
2b. Of those registering, how many actually ended up hosting guests via the scheme
2c. Of those registering, how many were found to be unsuitable hosts/have unsuitable properties and therefore not allowed to host guests (pre guest arriving)
2d. Of those registering, how many changed their mind about being hosts and withdrew from the scheme (pre guest arriving)
3. How many matches have broken down with guests leaving the host family since the scheme was launched? (if multiple guests in one group e.g parent and child please provide number for group not individuals). Please only include matches breaking down after guest’s arrival
4. Have any matches broken down/guests left host family since scheme was launched because of any of the following reasons?
Guest moving back to Ukraine
Guest moving to live with friends of family in the UK
Guest moving to another country
Guest moving to live independently in the UK
Breakdown in relations
Inappropriate behaviour from host
5. Have any of the below occurred in your area under the scheme?
Reported/discovered pre guest’s arrival only
Host expected payment in exchange for accommodation
Host expected work (e.g housework) in exchange for accommodation
Host expected sexual relations or romantic relationship in exchange for accommodation
Reported/discovered post guest’s arrival only
Host expected payment in exchange for accommodation
Host expected work (e.g housework) in exchange for accommodation
Host expected sexual relations or romantic relationship in exchange for accommodation
6. Have you have ever had to report any hosts to the authorities due to illegal/inappropriate behaviour?
To police
Social Services
Other (please specify)
Devon County Council believes compliance with all remaining questions would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. This is because we would need to cross reference all the data provided to us by the District councils against the Government system.
To estimate the time it would take, we have looked at East Devon where there are 371 separate entries that would need to be cross referenced. 1 record took approximately 4 minutes to complete, with no issues on that record. Therefore in the best case scenario a member of staff could complete 15 records in an hour. As such, for East Devon alone it would take over 24 hours to find and extract the data required.
We advise you to contact the District and Unitary councils in Devon, who may be able to provide you with this information.