FOI Request - Public Money Allocated to IJB for Refugees

Request 101003431836

1.  Please advise the source of public money allocated to the IJB for refugees in the financial year 2022-23, the total amounts received and the purpose of the financial allocation.  It would also be helpful to distinguish which allocations were for dispersal to public, private and third sector agencies and those funds retained to enable the HSCP/IJB to deliver services directly.

2.  I request information on the amount spent by the IJB in the financial year 2022-23 on services for the following groups:
(a) asylum seekers and refugees.  
(b) those resettled under Home Office resettlement programs
(c) Afghans settling in Scotland.
(d) unaccompanied children and young people  
(e) people from Ukraine.

3.  A breakdown of who receives the public money, the amounts awarded by the IJB and the purpose.  I understand the recipients may be from the public, private and third sectors. I appreciate the allocation/award may be in the form of a contract, grant or other.

4.  The reporting requirements set by the IJB for recipients accounting for expenditure which may include; the frequency of recipient reports and what matters they cover; details/list of key performance indicators.

Response 08-12-2023

1. Moray Council has a permanent Refugee and Resettlement Team, we have received £1,081,500.00 from SG to support the Ukrainians who have arrived into Moray under the Homes for Ukraine or Super Sponsor Schemes. Funds are allocated on the service needs.

2. a. Asylum Seekers are managed under a government contract.
b. £25'000
c. Afghans arrived into Moray in the 2023-2024 financial year.
d. The resettlement team do not managed or oversee Unaccompanied Children or Young people, that falls under the UASC Team.
e. £430,965.02

3. Answer:
NHS - £34,000
Social Work - £30,000
Host Payments - £26,000
Home improvements - £1568
ESOL - £28051
Housing - £30,000
Environmental Health - £3500
Integration events - £6500
Employability - £19,608.14
Translators - £20,000
Education - £45,000
 

4. The team reports to Scottish Government every 3 months and internal and external audits every year. So far we have only covered the Ukrainian arrivals, but we have now have wider resettlement with afghans and asylum seekers in this year's financial period 2023-2024. We report on arrivals and departures, housing options that they are in (Hosts, Social Housing, Private Rentals).