Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities written question – answered on 8th December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has implemented a process to allow people whose application to be a host through the Homes for Ukraine Scheme was rejected to receive details for the reasons for that rejection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information retention policy his Department has adopted in relation to rejected applications to host Ukrainian refugees as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what process potential hosts rejected from the Homes for Ukraine scheme must follow to challenge the decision relating to their suitability to house Ukrainian refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what retention period his Department has adopted in relation to rejected applications from potential hosts under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans are in place to house Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the UK on the Homes for Ukraine scheme but whose sponsors are no longer able to house them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the thank you payments to sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme will be extended beyond 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department will provide to local authorities to assist those refugees wishing to move into their own accommodation after being housed with a sponsor.
Further to my answer given in response to Question UIN 94794 on 01 December, guidance for Homes for Ukraine guests, hosts, and councils is available here.
Sponsoring households might have been deemed unsuitable for several reasons, and full sponsor suitability guidance is available here. The privacy notice for the Homes for Ukraine scheme is available here.
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