Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral contribution of 1 March 2022, Official Report, what method her Department used to estimate that 100,000 Ukrainians are eligible for the family migration visa.
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.