Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK officials are present on the Poland-Ukraine border.

The UK has over 360 HMG staff working on the response to the crisis in the region, including in Ukraine and Poland. Our Rapid Deployment Team (RDT) has maintained a presence at the Poland-Ukraine border since 15 February. Humanitarian experts are currently based in Poland and we work closely with, and fund, trusted NGO partners and UN agencies that provide coordinated, largescale humanitarian response. There are Home Office staff at a Visa Support Centre in Rzeszow who are focused on helping Ukrainian refugees complete their visa application process, in addition to our enhanced visa operation in Warsaw. Finally, Consular officials at our Embassy in Warsaw are supporting the RDT in providing help to British nationals in need of assistance.