Thank you, Minister, for your statement. You may already be aware, Minister, that some local authorities—for example, Monmouthshire—have set up a guarantor scheme for Ukrainian families that mirrors existing support available to residents to prevent or relieve homelessness. This is intended to help them secure housing, which, of course, is an important platform to enable families to find a job and educational opportunities. However, it seems that there are some unintended barriers within the scheme that may prevent people from securing a home. There appears to be a potentially lengthy application process and affordability assessment that may prevent people from getting the necessary documentation quickly enough, meaning that they lose out on a property to other people. This has meant that a Ukrainian family within my own constituency have had to use their own very small amount of savings—they had to drag it together—to put down the bond to set up their own home. Then, disappointingly, they found that they cannot retrospectively apply to the local authority for help, which they were originally not aware that they were entitled to.

Minister, I would like to ask what guidance the Welsh Government is providing to local authorities to help them better support Ukrainian families living in Wales to find longer term accommodation. And, what discussions have you had with your ministerial colleagues elsewhere about what other support can be put in place to help Ukrainian families who are looking to settle in their community for longer periods, but have very little financial support?