Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland: statistics - January 2023

Key points

• according to published data from the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), Scotland has received 44,774 visa applications through the UK ‘Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme’, which includes those sponsored by the Scottish Government (Super Sponsor Scheme) and by Individual Sponsors as at 24 January 2023, with 37,579 visas issued. As of 24 January, a total of 22,990 displaced people from Ukraine have arrived in the UK on a visa sponsored either by an individual Scottish sponsor or sponsored by the Scottish Government.
• as reported by welcome accommodation teams across Scotland on 18 January, there were 2,138 hotel rooms and 1,228 cabins occupied by displaced people from Ukraine in welcome accommodation in Scotland. There were around 6,323 people in welcome accommodation; around 4,062 people occupying hotel rooms and 2,261 people on-board M/S Ambition and M/S Victoria.
• by 18 January, 378 guests had disembarked M/S Ambition and 747 guests had disembarked M/S Victoria since the ships became operational (17 September and 26 July, respectively).
• across the three main matching pathways (national matching, local matching, informal matching), around 3,995 individuals (1,990 cases) being sponsored by the Scottish Government had been matched into and arrived at their longer term accommodation in Scotland, as reported between 14 December 2022 and 17 January 2023.
• local authorities report that around 2,915 people (1,310 cases) sponsored by known individual host (arriving on the Individual Sponsor Scheme) had arrived at their longer term accommodation in Scotland, as reported between 14 December 2022 and 17 January 2023.
• local authority teams reported that out of all the people that have been matched in to long term accommodation (arriving on any visa type: sponsored by the Scottish Government, Individuals or on Family Visa), around 1,620 people (670 cases) had been placed directly into social or council housing across Scotland, as reported between 14 December 2022 and 17 January 2023.
• Please see methodology and types of matches section for additional notes.