Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 30 March (HL7011), how they are publicising the provision of access to transport for Ukrainian refugees coming to the UK.

We are working closely to monitor availability of transport from the region to the UK. Many commercial providers have generously offered free seats to Ukrainian passport holders. GB train operators are working together to provide support to Ukrainian arrivals by introducing the Ukrainian Displaced Persons Travel Scheme, an initiative to provide free onward rail travel to their final destinations in Britain, and many bus and coach operators are also offering free onward travel to final destinations. The GB Travel Scheme went live on Sunday 20 March 2022, and compliments offers made by the European Railway Family, to provide safe and free passage for Ukrainians. As of 1 April 477 Ukrainians have arrived via Eurostar and there have been 212 users of the rail onward travel scheme. FCDO missions around the region have been working as a priority to ensure that information on our visa schemes is widely publicised and that Ukrainian refugees are supported to consider a move to the UK.