Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to fast-track professional conversion exams for Ukrainian refugees with relevant qualifications.

The Government has enshrined the principle of regulator autonomy in the Professional Qualifications Act 2022, which achieved Royal Assent in April. Standards for practising professions are set by individual regulators and it is for regulators to assess who meets these standards in the ways that they deem fit.

Government officials regularly engage with professional regulators and UK business, and are available to support with enquiries about supporting Ukrainian refugees with relevant qualifications to pursue employment in their professions in the UK.