Question
3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the value of thank you payments under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme on the retention of hosts.
Answer
We are grateful to everyone who has opened their home to Ukrainians. Over £1.8 billion has supported the scheme. Funding changes for Homes for Ukraine are sustainable; thank you payments continue recognition of a host’s generosity, and host retention depends on individual decisions and cannot be reliably estimated. Our councils retain the funding for re-matching and homelessness prevention.17% vibes
Verdict: AMBER (62/100)
The reply addresses the question about host retention and thank-you payments. It explains that retention cannot be reliably estimated because it depends on individual decisions, which is why no impact assessment was given, and it points to council-retained funding for re-matching and homelessness prevention as the mitigation. The asker still gets no estimate of likely retention or of the financial effect, so they may want to ask for those figures directly.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is the department's assessment or view of the potential impact of reducing the value of thank you payments under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme on the retention of hosts? | Addressed | Direct | The reply directly addresses host retention and thank you payments: it states that retention cannot be reliably estimated because it depends on individual decisions, which is a stated reason for not giving an impact assessment. It also points to the council-retained funding for re-matching and homelessness prevention as the concrete mitigation mechanism. |