Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people in Ukraine that are eligible for the family migration visa with salary and English language thresholds applied; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who are eligible for that visa following the lifting of the salary and language thresholds.
Potential use of the route is difficult to estimate. A broad estimate of potential sponsors can be made, taking Ukrainian nationals with settlement or holding status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and Ukrainians granted British citizenship as groups most likely to have familial links with Ukraine. Estimates are based on internal analysis. Data on these groups can be found in published statistics:
Table_Se_D01 of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055252/settlement-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx
Table EUSS_NON_EEA_02 of
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2021
Ukrainian nationals at Table Cit_D02 of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055257/citizenship-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx.