Ukraine: Military Aid
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) questions Ukrainian personnel are asked and (b) checks on their criminal past are conducted by the UK (i) military and (ii) civilian enforcement agencies when they arrive in the UK to undergo military training as part of Operation Interflex.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The Declared Overt Polling Team (DOPT) ask questions to understand the backgrounds of Ukrainian personnel, including levels of education, where they are from, whether they experienced war crimes, lived under occupation and any military experience. The question sets are agreed by the Ukrainian General Staff and the data is owned by the Ukrainian state.
As with the majority of NATO Member and Partner Forces visiting or training in the UK, Ukrainian personnel entering the UK are administered per the provisions in the Visiting Forces Act 1952 and the Partnership for Peace Status of Forces Agreement, as agreed by UK and Ukrainian Ministries of Defence. As part of these arrangements, criminal checks are not conducted.
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