Edinburgh to accept highest number of Ukrainian refugees in Scotland under Homes for Ukraine scheme

The Capital is accepting the highest number of Ukrainian refugees in Scotland, and the third highest number in the UK.

Data showing the number of visas issued under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme as of April 6, broken down by the local authority of the sponsor's property, has published by the Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities.

The scheme allows Ukrainian nationals and their family members to come to the UK if they have a named sponsor.

Visas have been issued to local authorities based on the postcode of the sponsor's address, or of the accommodation address if the applicant is not staying with the sponsor.

Not all records of visas have a postcode that has been mapped to a local authority area, but the number of records excluded is less than 1%.

The data is provisional and is likely to include some duplicate records, so may not be an exact record of the number of individuals who have been issued visas.

Solidarity: A new mural in Leith features a Nightingale, the official national bird of Ukraine, against the country's flag. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

The data does not contain the number of visas issued through the Ukraine Family Scheme, which allows applicants to join family members or extend their stay in the UK.

The list has been ordered by the number of visas issued per local authority area, starting with the highest number.

Buckinghamshire 151

Barnet 132

116 Ukrainians have so far been issued visas,which will allow them to stay in Edinburgh under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Edinburgh 116

Camden 107

Wiltshire 102

Kensington & Chelsea 97

Ealing 94

Bromley 92

Richmond upon Thames 91

Wandsworth 91

Hammersmith & Fulham 87

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole 84

Cornwall 83

Westminster 82

Greenwich 81

Birmingham 80

Wealden 80

Winchester 80

Croydon 78

Haringey 78

Lambeth 77

Waverley 77

Guildford 76

Southwark 74

Brighton & Hove 72

Chichester 71

Milton Keynes 71

Shropshire 71

South Cambridgeshire 71

West Northamptonshire 69

Elmbridge 68

Merton 68

Cheshire East 66

Dorset 66

Kingston upon Thames 66

Leeds 66

Bristol 65

Islington 65

Bedford 60

Lewisham 60

Redbridge 59

Sheffield 59

Waltham Forest 59

Test Valley 58

North Somerset 57

Somerset West & Taunton 57

South Oxfordshire 57

Canterbury 54

Cheshire West & Chester 53

Hackney 53

Tower Hamlets 53

St Albans 52

North Northamptonshire 51

Wokingham 51

Cambridge 50

Hounslow 50

Bexley 49

West Suffolk 49

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Manchester 48

Ashford 47

Sevenoaks 47

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Sutton 45

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Maidstone 43

Rother 43

South Gloucestershire 43

Tunbridge Wells 43

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Herefordshire 42

Folkestone & Hythe 41

Hillingdon 41

Newham 41

Stratford-on-Avon 41

Chelmsford 40

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Oxford 40

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West Oxfordshire 40

Windsor & Maidenhead 40

Isle of Wight 39

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Vale of White Horse 39

York 39

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Highland 38

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Fife 37

Central Bedfordshire 36

Durham 36

Kirklees 36

Brent 34

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Arun 32

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Glasgow 32

Cheltenham 31

Telford & Wrekin 31

East Cambridgeshire 30

East Suffolk 30

Harborough 30

Hart 30

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Swale 30

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Hambleton 29

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Hertsmere 28

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Derbyshire Dales 27

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Tonbridge & Malling 27

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Doncaster 26

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Exeter 25

Newark & Sherwood 25

Northumberland 25

Reigate & Banstead 25

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Aberdeenshire 25

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King's Lynn & West Norfolk 24

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Mole Valley 23

North Hertfordshire 23

Reading 23

Swindon 23

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Crawley 22

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Runnymede 22

Salford 22

Torbay 22

West Lancashire 22

Bassetlaw 21

Cotswold 21

Surrey Heath 21

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Perth & Kinross 21

Carmarthenshire 21

East Staffordshire 20

High Peak 20

Lichfield 20

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Stafford 20

Stroud 20

Thurrock 20

Wigan 20

Dumfries & Galloway 20

Midlothian 20

Vale of Glamorgan 20

Allerdale 19

Barking & Dagenham 19

Hinckley & Bosworth 19

Plymouth 19

South Hams 19

Torridge 19

Wakefield 19

Warrington 19

Cardiff 19

Gwynedd 19

Babergh 18

Brentwood 18

Dover 18

Hastings 18

Mendip 18

Sedgemoor 18

South Derbyshire 18

Southend-on-Sea 18

Spelthorne 18

Stockport 18

Three Rivers 18

Ceredigion 18

Eastbourne 17

Medway Towns 17

Mid Devon 17

North Devon 17

Southampton 17

West Devon 17

Broxtowe 16

Bury 16

Calderdale 16

Lincoln 16

South Lakeland 16

East Lothian 16

Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon 16

Belfast 16

Boston 15

Broadland 15

Malvern Hills 15

Stockton-on-Tees 15

Tendring 15

Angus 15

Renfrewshire 15

Scottish Borders 15

Denbighshire 15

Blackpool 14

Breckland 14

North Lincolnshire 14

Rushmoor 14

Watford 14

Wolverhampton 14

Aberdeen City 14

Newport 14

Adur 13

Bolton 13

Coventry 13

Eden 13

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North West Leicestershire 13

Ryedale 13

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Melton 6

North East Lincolnshire 6

Redditch 6

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East Ayrshire 6

East Dunbartonshire 6

Merthyr Tydfil 6

Barnsley 5

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Craven 5

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Middlesbrough 5

Dundee City 5

East Renfrewshire 5

North Ayrshire 5

Fermanagh & Omagh 5

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