Written questions

Ukraine: Passports

Commons · Question 91286 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has considered the practice of forced passportization in territories of Ukraine currently under Russian occupation.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 25 Nov 2025

It has been widely-documented that residents in Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories are being compelled to take Russian passports to access essential services such as healthcare, education and pensions, with those who refuse facing detention, deportatio...