This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. My request relates to the Homes for Ukraine scheme; I am sending this request to you as an Upper Tier local authority that is, according to the latest government data, within the top 100 for numbers of refugees taken in under the scheme. My request is as follows:

1. Please provide a table with a breakdown of the ages and genders of hosts and refugees that have been paired up, with ages in the following brackets: minors, 18-30; 30-50;50+ .
If possible, please state where hosts/refugees paired up are together in a couple or family, but if this will take too long then don’t bother - thanks a lot.

2. How many single men/men living alone (sponsors/hosts) have been matched with refugee women or refugee women and children under the scheme?

3. How many host/sponsor applications have not passed safeguarding/suitability checks carried out by the council and therefore been denied host status? Please state as a number and a percentage of all applications made

4. For those that did not pass safeguarding/suitability checks, please detail the reasons (or most common 5 reasons if multiple) for why hosts/sponsors did not pass these checks.

5. How many refugees have requested to change or move host families, after they have either lived with or been matched with (please state which) that family for a period of time. Please expand on the reasons for doing so.

In addition, if there is any further information you wish to add, perhaps on the way that the council carries out safeguarding checks on host applicants, I would be keen to have any further information. And if a substantive response is not possible within the time frame, please provide as much information as possible, for example focusing on the questions where information is most readily available.