Refugee integration programmes funding and outcomes: FOI release

Information requested

1. Total funding allocated to refugee integration programmes in the last three years.

2. Key performance indicators and outcomes measured (e.g. employment rates, housing stability, English language proficiency).

3. Any evaluation reports on the effectiveness of these programmes.

Response

I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested.

2023/24	2024/25	2025/26
£2,649,988	£6,074,923	£5,141,176

The table totals funding made across the years requested allocated to refugee integration programmes by the Directorate for Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights on their programme of policies across the last three years and relevant spending to support displaced people from Ukraine with integration programmes of work.

As this is financial data it is aligned to financial year format, rather than calendar year, so for example “2025/26” would mean the period April 1st 2025 through March 31st 2026.

You also asked for key performance indicators, outcomes measured and any evaluation reports on the effectiveness of these programmes. Unfortunately we do not hold the information requested on key performance indicators and therefore we are exempting that part of the request under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.

We can however refer you to published documents on the outcomes being measured and evaluation reports. The information you have requested is available from the reports outlined below. Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you.

If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the website(s) listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

The “New Scots refugee integration strategy: delivery plan 2024 to 2026” which was published on the 5th July 2024 sets out the six outcomes of that strategy and the planned activities aligned to them: https://www.gov.scot/publications/new-scots-refugee-integration-strategy-delivery-plan-2024-2026/

The first annual evaluation report, the “New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: Delivery Plan 2024-2026 - Year 1 Report” was published on the 20th March 2026 and includes case studies titled “English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)” and “Supporting New Scots into Employment, Education and Training”: https://www.gov.scot/publications/new-scots-refugee-integration-strategy-delivery-plan-2024-2026-year-1-report/

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