Safeguarding issues regarding a Home for Ukraine Sponsor or Host - Find a freedom of information request

1) Please can you provide a figure for the number of times your local authority has received a government alert of a serious safeguarding issue regarding a Homes for Ukraine sponsor/ host since March 2022 to present.

2) Please can you detail whether the Home Office shared the details of the reason for their alert in each case, and if so, what they were.  

3) Please can you detail what action was taken following each alert. e.g Ukrainian moved out of sponsor home. Ukrainian stayed at sponsor home.

1) The government introduced the alerts referenced by you on 15 November 2022. This data is from the period 15 November 2022 topresent. During the time period 15 November 2022 to present, Lincolnshire County Council have received 11 alerts from central government via the national data system.

2) No, details of the reason for the alert are not shared with Local Authorities.

3) All 11 alerts were shared before a Visa had been issued by UK Visas and Immigration meaning no guests had travelled to their intended sponsor. There was therefore no action for the Local Authority to take. The government are responsible for notifying sponsors and guests and providing advice on next steps. Local Authorities would only take action if a visa had been issued.