Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are on hold while their sponsors undergo further security checks.

Relevant security checks are undertaken on all applications.

We have robust safeguarding checks in place on the Homes for Ukraine scheme – this includes checks on accommodation by local authorities, checks on an individual’s immigration status to ensure they can fulfil the six month accommodation requirement, and checks on the Police National Computer and Warning Index.

Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: Ukraine Schemes: application data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).