Data Sources, Surveys and Reports
There are numerous sources of data and insight to help understand the needs and experiences of Ukrainians in the UK. These can be used to plan the support that councils and voluntary and community groups are able to provide.
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Government Data
- Ukraine Visa Schemes: visa data – GOV.UK: Operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
- Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: Visa data by country, upper and lower tier local authority – GOV.UK: Visa data by local authority in separate tables for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- How many people come to the UK via safe and legal (humanitarian) routes? – GOV.UK: covers the safe and legal humanitarian schemes allowing certain people to come to, or remain in, the UK under certain routes.
- Homelessness management information – Ukrainian nationals: England – GOV.UK: Management information on homelessness duties owed to Ukrainian nationals. For England, by lower-tier local authority.
- Analysis of Ukrainian nationals entering employment in the UK – GOV.UK: Counts of Ukrainian nationals in employment by age, gender and region in UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: Visa data by age and sex of applicant – GOV.UK: Visa data by age and sex in separate tables for UK, England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- Homes for Ukraine funding – GOV.UK: The Homes for Ukraine grant determination letters and funding allocations.
Interactive Maps
· The Ukraine Visa data (www.andyhewett.com) has been visualised on an interactive map.
· The Ukrainian Homelessness data (www.andyhewett.com) has been visualised on an interactive map.
Insights and Reports
· House of Commons Library – Special visa schemes for Ukrainians (CBP-9473.pdf) – Research briefing.
· National Audit Office (NAO) – Investigation into the Homes for Ukraine scheme – NAO report:
o This report aims to increase transparency by taking stock of what has been achieved to date, for what cost, and what can be learned.
o A Homes for Ukraine Inquiry(Committees – UK Parliament) ran after the above report and the Public Accounts Committee final report on Homes for Ukraine from UK Parliament was published in February 2024.
· Barnardo’s – Supporting refugees from Ukraine | Barnardo’s
o More is needed from the government to ensure all refugees have access to the support they need to rebuild their lives.
· British Red Cross – Report: refugee accommodation solutions | British Red Cross
o Report shows how to improve accommodation for displaced Ukrainians and build on what works to strengthen refugee protection in the future.
· Opora – Navigating Uncertainty: The Future of Ukrainian Refugees in the UK (opora.uk)
o Event report following in person panel discussion where the conversation ranged from how Ukrainians are finding their footing in the UK to what factors need to be in place for Ukrainians to return home after the war.
· Generation Rent– The threat of a Ukrainian refugee homelessness crisis – Generation Rent
o Generation Rent worked with the Ukrainian organisation Opora to investigate the experiences of Ukrainian refugees in navigating the UK’s housing sector.
Opora – Case Study: Children’s Mental Health Workbook (opora.uk)
- Empowering Ukrainian Children in the UK with an Interactive Workbook
· University of Nottingham Rights Lab – Homes for Ukraine: learning to inform and shape future hosting schemes (www.nottingham.ac.uk)
- Research project aimed to understand hosts experiences of hosting and to gain an understanding of people’s motivations for volunteering to offer their homes as part of the HfU scheme.
· The Migration Observatory: Ukrainian Migration to the UK
o This briefing examines Ukrainian migration to the UK before and after the Russian invasion in 2022. It presents statistics on the number of Ukrainians who have come to the UK, where they have moved to, and their characteristics.
Survey Results
ONS: Ukraine
· Visa holders entering the UK under the Ukraine Humanitarian Schemes: 27 April to 15 May 2023
o Experiences of visa holders entering the UK under the Ukraine Humanitarian Schemes, from Wave 3 of the UK Humanitarian Response Insight Survey. Experimental Statistics.
· Experiences of Homes for Ukraine scheme sponsors, UK: 10 to 21 August 2023
o Experiences of Homes for Ukraine scheme sponsors who house those fleeing conflict in Ukraine: Homes for Ukraine Sponsor Survey Wave 2. Experimental Statistics.
o Experiences of visa holders living in the UK under the Ukraine Humanitarian Schemes, from the UK Humanitarian Response Insight Follow-up Survey. Official statistics in development.
- Opora: