Freedom of Information requests obtained by the Scottish Conservatives revealed that there are 7,596 Ukrainian refugees are still in temporary accommodation.

Responses obtained from 31 out of Scotland’s 32 councils have indicated that children account for 1,862 of the refugees.

The local authority with the highest number of Ukrainian refugees in temporary accommodation was Edinburgh City Council with 2,945, of which 823 are children, followed by Glasgow with 2,058, of which 288 are aged under 18.

Inverclyde Council did not respond to the request for information, while Fife Council indicated it does not hold the requested data.

The figures come in the wake of reports of one Ukrainian family which had settled in Fife being moved to temporary accommodation 130 miles away in Dumfries.

Shadow housing and social justice secretary Miles Briggs said the refugees had been “woefully let down” by the Scottish Government and highlighted the Super Sponsor Scheme having been paused last July.

He said: “The fact that so many thousands of Ukrainian refugees are still holed up in temporary accommodation more than a year after the first of them arrived in Scotland is unacceptable.

“It represents a shocking betrayal by an SNP government that over-promises and under-delivers.

“These are vulnerable people who fled Putin’s brutal invasion of their homeland, and they have been woefully let down by ministers.

“The SNP had to pause their much-trumpeted Super Sponsor Scheme after it turned out that, typically, they had over-estimated their ability to cope with the number of refugees.

“Despite the fact that, under their watch, Scotland already had a drastic shortage of housing – exacerbated by their interference in the rental market – they made entirely unrealistic promises which they were unable to keep.

“As a result, families have been shunted around or kept in accommodation that isn’t suitable for the long term.

“That is a shameful way to treat people who want simply to get on with their lives in peace, and to whom the SNP Government held out false hope.”

Migration minister Emma Roddick said: “As we continue to build the case for an independent Scotland within the EU, additional funding for the Stay in Scotland campaign will help ensure EU citizens, particularly those who need assistance with complex applications, get the support they need to gain settled status.

“We’re also urging the Home Office to immediately upgrade everyone from pre-settled to settled status. This would help remove the unnecessary stress and anxiety of being forced to reapply to the EUSS.”