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846745

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Pupils: Sanitary Products
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to provide sanitary products to all school students who cannot afford to buy those products.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	903883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>No girl should be held back from reaching her potential because of her gender. This is why our guidance on Sex and Relationships Education encourages schools to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation. Schools have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available to disadvantaged pupils if they identify this as a barrier to attainment or attendance.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/02/2018 11:37:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1400529

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a target for each of the three referral pathways under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	99039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK over the coming years. The scheme opened on 6<sup>th</sup> January.</p><p>Further details on how the scheme will operate can be found in the policy statement on Afghanistan resettlement and immigration on 13 September and my statement to the House here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme</a></p><p>As set out in September 2020, those eligible for the scheme include individuals evacuated during Operation Pitting.</p><p>The Government has already evacuated thousands of women and girls from Afghanistan - for example female judges, women’s rights activists and a girls’ football team. As each ACRS pathway opens, those at most risk, including women and children and minorities will continue to be prioritised. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) will refer refugees most at risk to the ACRS, including women and girls as per their vulnerability criteria.</p><p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) will continue to offer current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life priority relocation to the UK. During the first year the Government will offer ACRS places to the most at risk British Council and GardaWorld contractors, and Chevening alumni. These cohorts played a key role in supporting the UK mission in Afghanistan, and it is right that we honour our commitments to them.</p><p>In the first year of the ACRS the Government plans to exceed our initial aim to resettle 5,000 people. In addition to those already in the UK, we are working with the UNHCR to receive referrals of vulnerable refugees in need of protection in year 1 of the ACRS, and we will continue to receive referrals to the scheme in coming years. Beyond the first year of the ACRS, we will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans most at risk.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 99037 99038 99040 99041 question first answered 13/01/2022 12:55:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1400532

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether persons who had made an application to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy before criteria was changed in December 2021 will have their referrals rolled over to the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	99040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK over the coming years. The scheme opened on 6<sup>th</sup> January.</p><p>Further details on how the scheme will operate can be found in the policy statement on Afghanistan resettlement and immigration on 13 September and my statement to the House here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme</a></p><p>As set out in September 2020, those eligible for the scheme include individuals evacuated during Operation Pitting.</p><p>The Government has already evacuated thousands of women and girls from Afghanistan - for example female judges, women’s rights activists and a girls’ football team. As each ACRS pathway opens, those at most risk, including women and children and minorities will continue to be prioritised. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) will refer refugees most at risk to the ACRS, including women and girls as per their vulnerability criteria.</p><p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) will continue to offer current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life priority relocation to the UK. During the first year the Government will offer ACRS places to the most at risk British Council and GardaWorld contractors, and Chevening alumni. These cohorts played a key role in supporting the UK mission in Afghanistan, and it is right that we honour our commitments to them.</p><p>In the first year of the ACRS the Government plans to exceed our initial aim to resettle 5,000 people. In addition to those already in the UK, we are working with the UNHCR to receive referrals of vulnerable refugees in need of protection in year 1 of the ACRS, and we will continue to receive referrals to the scheme in coming years. Beyond the first year of the ACRS, we will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans most at risk.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 99037 99038 99039 99041 question first answered 13/01/2022 12:55:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1400526

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when year one of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme started.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	99037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK over the coming years. The scheme opened on 6<sup>th</sup> January.</p><p>Further details on how the scheme will operate can be found in the policy statement on Afghanistan resettlement and immigration on 13 September and my statement to the House here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme</a></p><p>As set out in September 2020, those eligible for the scheme include individuals evacuated during Operation Pitting.</p><p>The Government has already evacuated thousands of women and girls from Afghanistan - for example female judges, women’s rights activists and a girls’ football team. As each ACRS pathway opens, those at most risk, including women and children and minorities will continue to be prioritised. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) will refer refugees most at risk to the ACRS, including women and girls as per their vulnerability criteria.</p><p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) will continue to offer current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life priority relocation to the UK. During the first year the Government will offer ACRS places to the most at risk British Council and GardaWorld contractors, and Chevening alumni. These cohorts played a key role in supporting the UK mission in Afghanistan, and it is right that we honour our commitments to them.</p><p>In the first year of the ACRS the Government plans to exceed our initial aim to resettle 5,000 people. In addition to those already in the UK, we are working with the UNHCR to receive referrals of vulnerable refugees in need of protection in year 1 of the ACRS, and we will continue to receive referrals to the scheme in coming years. Beyond the first year of the ACRS, we will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans most at risk.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 99038 99039 99040 99041 question first answered 13/01/2022 12:55:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

839155

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the provisions of the Vagrancy Act 1824.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	127713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Vagrancy Act 1824 provides the police with the power to arrest those begging or persistently begging in a public place. It is an operational matter for the police to determine when it is appropriate to make use of this power in line with their duties to keep the peace and to protect communities. The Government currently has no plans to repeal or make changes to the Act.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. We have established a Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce that will oversee the implementation of a cross-Government strategy to achieve this, and drive wider action to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p> </p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act will come into force in April, which will significantly reform England’s homelessness safety net at a national and local level, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>We have also allocated over £1 billion through to 2020 to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. This includes £28 million to pilot a Housing First approach in three regions of England to support rough sleepers with the most complex needs and help them to end their homelessness. We also announced £20 million for schemes that will enable better access to new private rented sector tenancies or support in sustaining tenancies for those who are homeless, or are at risk of becoming homeless or rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 127714 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:06:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

922074

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the timetable is for further steps to be taken in relation to that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	152288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>On 8 March we launched a 12 week public consultation on proposals for a landmark domestic abuse Bill and a supporting package of practical action to transform the response to domestic abuse. The consultation closed on 31 May. Over 3,200 responses to the consultation were received. The responses to the consultation are being considered and a draft Bill will be published later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2018 16:29:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1400072

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is to the public purse of bridging hotels under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	98392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>We are proud to have provided homes for more than 4000 Afghan evacuees so far. We continue to encourage councils that have not yet made offers or those that can perhaps offer more places, to do so.</p><p>Although we are working at considerable pace with Local Authorities to source appropriate accommodation for Afghan evacuees in bridging accommodation, the length of time that people spend in bridging accommodation depends upon Local Authorities who have pledged their ongoing support to house the Afghan people and the availability of housing in those areas.</p><p>The cost of bridging hotel accommodation to the tax- payer is commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/01/2022 17:53:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1400077

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) median and (b) longest waiting time in bridging hotels is for Afghans who have entered the UK as part of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	98393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>We are proud to have provided homes for more than 4000 Afghan evacuees so far. We continue to encourage councils that have not yet made offers or those that can perhaps offer more places, to do so.</p><p>Although we are working at considerable pace with Local Authorities to source appropriate accommodation for Afghan evacuees in bridging accommodation, the length of time that people spend in bridging accommodation depends upon Local Authorities who have pledged their ongoing support to house the Afghan people and the availability of housing in those areas.</p><p>The cost of bridging hotel accommodation to the tax- payer is commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/01/2022 17:53:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 42091 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1361778

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) longest and (b) median length of stay is of Afghans evacuated under Operation Pitting who remain in hotel accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	59946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>A significant cross Government effort is underway to ensure the thousands of Afghans who were evacuated to the UK receive the support they need to rebuild their lives, find work, pursue education, and integrate into local communities.</p><p>We continue to work with local authorities to source appropriate accommodation as quickly as possible, although we have had to use hotels as a temporary measure due to unprecedented demand. In the meantime, we are providing wrap around support to enable families to build successful lives in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/10/2021 16:45:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 27214 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1045553

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to provide independent legal guardianships for (a) unaccompanied and (b) trafficked children in (i) Oxfordshire and (ii) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	210687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Independent Child Trafficking Advocate (ICTA) service was rolled out in three early adopter sites in Greater Manchester, Hampshire and Wales in January 2017.</p><p>We have invested an additional £2m to expand the ICTA provision into West Midlands, East Midlands and Croydon. This will mean the service will be available in one third of all local authorities by April 2019.</p><p>Section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which makes provisions for ICTAs, is being considered in the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act led by Frank Field, Baroness Butler-Sloss and Maria Miller. The Government will carefully consider any recommendations for the national rollout of ICTAs which come out of the review.</p><p>Unaccompanied children are looked after by the relevant local authority and are entitled to the same services as any other looked after child. Under these arrangements, unaccompanied children will have a professional social worker and an independent reviewing officer to oversee their care arrangements. All unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in England are referred to the Refugee Council’s Children’s Panel and they are also entitled to legal assistance in pursuing their asylum claim. The Government believes that these arrangements ensure unaccompanied children are provided with the independent support and advice that they need.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/01/2019 17:19:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran