The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022

4. Consultation

Questions and Comments

4.1 Have you consulted with the ICO using the Article 36(4) form (please provide a link to it)

If the ICO has provided feedback, please include this.

The regulations had to be brought into force urgently in order to have a suitable safeguarding system in place for the imminent commencement of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

This ensured agencies such as local authorities, placing displaced Ukrainian nationals, and their immediate family members with sponsors, have access to the appropriate level of conviction and other criminal history information to make informed placement decisions.

The ICO provided feedback on this DPIA on 01/04/2022 which has been addressed in the body of this document.

4.2 Do you need to hold a public consultation and if so, has this taken place? What was the result?

No

4.3 Were there any Comments/feedback from the public consultation about privacy, information or data protection?

N/A