PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Homes for Ukraine Scheme (26 June 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that a Russian intelligence agent has entered the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and if her Department will review the security vetting process for people coming to the UK through the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.

Asked by:
Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)

These reports are misleading and inaccurate.

Since February 2022, Russian nationals applying for any UK visa route have been subject to robust additional security checks. The UK Government is proud of the support we have given to Ukrainians fleeing Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, with over 200,000 Ukrainian nationals and their families either arriving, or extending their existing leave, in the UK to secure sanctuary on our Ukraine Schemes.

Answered by:
Robert Jenrick (Reform UK)
29 June 2023