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1541747

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date	14/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many months are required to have passed without correspondence from the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme to an ARAP applicant for his Department to provide an update to (a) an Member and (b) an ARAP applicant on an individual case.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	86514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to the answers I gave to Questions 84903, 84904, and 84907.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey attachment 1 file name 84903 - Afghanistan Refugees.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees 2 file name 84904 - Afghanistan Refugees.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees 3 file name 84907 - Afghanistan Refugees.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees question first answered 22/11/2022 17:41:47 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1541415

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances his Department would provide an update to (a) a Member of Parliament and (b) an applicant to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy on a live case under that policy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	84903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>All ARAP applications should be acknowledged at the point of submission. Applicant's may then be contacted to request additional information, before an eligibility decision is made. If found to be eligible, applicants will be asked for further information regarding their family members included in their application, for further required checks to be made. Unfortunately, it is not possible to advise the consistency with which these updates may occur, as the timeframes can vary considerably, due to numerous factors, including the level of complexity of the case.</p><p>Individual updates or responses outside of the above circumstances are not generally provided, in order to focus resource towards our main effort of identifying and relocating the estimated remaining 4,900 individuals eligible for ARAP (including dependents), using HMG employment records to target efforts.</p><p>That said, any enquiries received by the ARAP team will be provided with an automatic reply that should answer the vast majority of questions. All enquiries received are reviewed in order to identify where applicants are providing an update regarding their individual circumstances, including providing additional information, documentation or advising that they are at risk. In instances where a Member of Parliament has submitted an enquiry, this is forwarded on to the Ministerial Correspondence Unit to ensure an appropriate response is sent from the relevant Minister.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/11/2022 13:59:18 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1541416

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's target timeframe is to respond to written enquiries from Members of Parliament on (a) general queries and (b) specific cases on the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	84904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>In line with Cabinet Office Guidance, the Ministry of Defence aims to respond within twenty working days for written enquiries from Members of Parliament, including those relating to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/11/2022 11:58:56 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1541418

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the average month of submission of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications that his Department began processing in November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	84906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Due to the way Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications are processed, it is not possible to provide a response to the question asked. Rather than being processed in the order in which they were received, new applications are triaged to separate out those that are clearly ineligible and those more likely to be eligible; which are then allocated to separate casework teams. This change, alongside a new casework system and uplift in resourcing, is allowing the ARAP Team to issue more decisions on applications per month than are being received and make progress on clearing the backlog of cases.</p><p>That said, it is recognised that processing times within ARAP can vary considerably, dependent upon a number of factors including the complexity of the case, the need to conduct checks with other Government Departments, or the length of time it takes an applicant to respond to follow-up queries. However, having successfully relocated over 11,800 individuals under the ARAP scheme, the primary focus for the ARAP team is identifying and relocating the estimated remaining 4,600 eligible individuals (including dependents), using HMG employment records to target efforts.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/11/2022 14:16:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1541419

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's target timeframe is to respond to written enquiries from applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	84907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>All ARAP applications are reviewed on receipt and an immediate request for information is sent to each applicant to obtain more detail on their individual circumstances, including providing additional information, documentation or advising that they are at risk.</p><p>Individual updates are not generally provided in response to enquiries, in order to focus resource on our main effort of identifying and relocating the estimated remaining 4,600 individuals eligible for ARAP (including dependents), using HMG employment records to target efforts.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/11/2022 14:13:40 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1238185

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review his Department's defence engagement programme with Sri Lanka in light of reported human rights abuses in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	96093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Our Defence Engagement programme with Sri Lanka is to encourage the development of a modern, accountable and human rights compliant military. Promoting adherence to international humanitarian law and human rights compliance is integral to our engagement. We constantly review our relationship with the Government of Sri Lanka and continuously monitor the context and viability of the approach, to ensure that UK assistance and engagement is in line with our values and is consistent with our domestic and international human rights obligations.</p><p>The UK Government will continue to work with international partners and press for truth, reconciliation, accountability and justice following the conflict in Sri Lanka, to ensure all communities can live peacefully.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/10/2020 07:32:58 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1238186

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of withdrawing the UK's resident Defence Advisor from Sri Lanka in response to reported human rights abuses in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	96094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>As we seek to influence change, the UK's resident Defence Advisor's engagement with the Government of Sri Lanka forms an important contribution to our efforts to hasten the development of a modern, accountable and human rights compliant military. We carefully consider our engagement with individuals accused of human rights violations against the operational urgency and essential nature of the discussion. Recent engagement with key Sri Lankan officials has been to discuss urgent Covid-19 operational issues, including the safe return of British nationals to the UK and the welfare safeguarding of the remaining British nationals in Sri Lanka.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 01/10/2020 07:33:36 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1143692

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings his Department has had with Bristol City Council to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	285326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Local government plays a vital role in preparing the country to be fully ready for Brexit on 31 October.</p><p>We have stepped up our preparedness significantly and speak regularly to councils and partners, including through the Local Government Brexit Delivery Board and a network of nine regional chief executives. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government leads this engagement.</p><p>Every council has designated a Brexit Lead Officer to work with central government to intensify their local preparations and, in total, we have made £77 million available to help local areas get ready for Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/09/2019 15:03:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1128890

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	VJ Day: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans her Department has to commemorate far east prisoners of war on the anniversary of VJ day.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	259289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government and the nation continue to recognise and be thankful for all those who served in the Far East during the Second World War. We recognise the sacrifices made and the horrors to which our personnel were subjected.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to ensuring that ex prisoners of war from the Far East Campaign remain in the public consciousness as much as those who served in other campaigns. The MOD, in conjunction with The Royal British Legion, will look to mark the 75th anniversary of 'Victory over Japan Day' on 15 August 2020 in an appropriate way.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 10/06/2019 16:16:03 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire