Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of time-limited visas on Ukrainian families that have relocated to the UK.

To provide future certainty, Ukrainians provided with temporary sanctuary in the UK under the Ukraine visa schemes can apply for a further 18 months’ permission to remain in the UK through the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, which opened to applications on 4 February 2025.

Those granted further permission to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme will receive the same rights and entitlements to access work, benefits, healthcare and education as provided under the existing Ukraine Schemes.

We recognise the Ukrainian government’s desire for the future return of its citizens to Ukraine. It is important our approach respects these wishes. This is why the temporary Ukraine Schemes do not lead to settlement in the UK.

Individuals with permission under one of the Ukraine schemes have access to standard immigration routes to remain in the UK once their permission expires, in order to complete higher education courses they commence during their initial period of permission.

Individuals will have continued access to student support and home fee status where they can show they have been granted further leave to remain in the UK.

We will, of course, continue to keep the Ukraine Schemes under consistent review in line with developments in the ongoing war.