Just one landlord in Kingston has followed through on a promise to offer a home to some of Syria’s most vulnerable refugees - despite Europe's worsening migrant crisis.

According to figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request, 25 landlords have expressed interest in giving a home but only one came good as part of the Home Office’s vulnerable persons relocation scheme.

Kingston Council was one of the first to sign up to the iniative, which was launched in 2014 to help rehome refugees at “grave risk” as the Syrian civil war worsened.

The council and charity Refugee Action Kingston said more landlords are needed and have renewed their appeal for help.

A spokesman said: “Kingston Council and Refugee Action Kingston continue to encourage local private landlords to come forward and register their interest in helping to house Syrian refugees.

“More private landlords are needed to come forward so We want to encourage anyone who thinks they can help to get in touch.”

In September last year, Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK would “live up to its moral responsibility” and rehome 20,000 refugees over five years after the body of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach.

At Prime Minister's Questions this week he made a partial climbdown over the Government's refusal to let 3,000 solo child refugees into the country, following severe public pressure.

Despite only one landlord offering a suitable property, 45 have come forward offering a spare bedroom in a family home, causing questions to resurface as to whether Home Office rules on housing refugees are too strict.

The Home Office only allows for “self-contained homes or units”.

Of the 24 landlords who expressed interest in the scheme but did not offer a home, 18 had properties available at the time, four did not have a property available and two said they planned to purchase a property to offer.

A Home Office spokesman said: “There has been a tremendous amount of goodwill from local authorities and the private, non-governmental and voluntary sectors as well as from individuals across the UK.

“We are very grateful for the support that local authorities, including Kingston Council, have provided to us and continue to work with them to identify further opportunities to resettle Syrian families.”

A family of three Syrian refugees was rehomed in the borough in March due to the one property being offered, with the Home Office estimating that 1,000 refugees have been resettled so far across the country.