Ministry of Defence: Staff
(asked on 8th March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MOD staff have been offered to the Home Office to support the processing of Ukrainian visa applications.
This question was answered on 14th March 2022
Initially, up to 140 Armed Forces personnel have been offered to the Home Office to provide humanitarian support to refugees at overseas Visa Application Centres, subject to agreement by host nations. The precise numbers deployed are continuously kept under review as the situation on the ground changes, including due to the Government's new streamlined visa application process for Ukrainian refugees launching on 15 March.