Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress which has been made on repairing rail infrastructure in Ukraine to enable the transportation of grain.

The UK and Ukrainian Governments have regular discussions on the UK's support to Ukraine, including on damaged infrastructure. Network Rail recently assisted the Ukrainian rail authorities with surplus road vehicles and rail engineering tools for use in repairing damaged rail infrastructure. The UK has also provided a £10 million programme of support to Ukrainian Railways to enable the movement of grain by rail to ports and land borders. Additionally, the UK supported the development of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, under which over 7 million tonnes of grain and other foodstuffs have been exported from Ukrainian Black Sea ports.