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1663060

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2023 to Question 187102, how many and what proportion of applications for relocation under the ARAP scheme by family members were not granted in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	200914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 200449.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/10/2023 12:43:43 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name UIN 20049.docx title Afghanistan - Refugees
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1661936

	registered interest
	date	19/09/2023
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2023 to Question 187102 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many ARAP-eligible family members have had their applications declined in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	200449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>Principal ARAP applicants apply on behalf of their family members. Family members eligible for relocation under ARAP cannot have applications declined, as they do not directly apply to ARAP and are already eligible for relocation.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 18/10/2023 15:12:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1587639

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
	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 introducing non-religious pastoral care for non-religious armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	149510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>Military Chaplains are professionally qualified to provide pastoral care to everyone, regardless of faith or belief background. However, should a Service person feel uncomfortable with talking to a Chaplain, they are able to seek appropriate professional support from a variety of alternative sources, which can be facilitated by the Chaplain. This includes their Chain of Command, through the Services' professional social workers, medical staff, and dedicated welfare staff. Mutual support is also available via the various staff networks, including the Humanist and Non-Religious in Defence (HAND) Network. <br> <br> Having carefully considered whether this provision is adequate and suitably reflects the needs of all our people, we have recently conducted a review of this matter and consider the provision of pastoral care merits enhancement so that we can deliver even better support.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/02/2023 15:23:16 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1584966

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2023
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 129949 on Afghanistan: Refugees, whether it is his Department's policy that a Relocations and Assistance Policy application invalidates an existing application for Leave Outside The Rules for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	141506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2023 answer text <p>As mentioned in my response of 31 January 2023, Leave Outside the Rules was the previous way of applying for Additional Family Members (AFM) under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). AFM are now included within the ARAP immigration rules.</p><p>Afghan nationals can both submit their own ARAP application and be included on an AFM application submitted by a different applicant with confirmed ARAP eligibility. One does not invalidate the other.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/02/2023 10:50:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1579823

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	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, whether an applicant for Leave Outside The Rules for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme is permitted to make a simultaneous claim to the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	129949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Leave Outside the Rules was the previous way of applying for Additional Family Members (AFM) under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP). AFM are now included within the ARAP immigration rules.</p><p>ARAP eligibility entitles individuals to apply for AFM under ARAP only, not the Afghan Citizen Relocation Scheme. This makes it highly unlikely that principals would consider AFM and ACRS simultaneously.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 31/01/2023 16:21:53 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1567094

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2023
	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 assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the timescales of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	124039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made to accelerate casework processing, and we are focussing casework resource on finding those Afghan nationals who are eligible for ARAP.</p><p>However, timescales can nonetheless vary due to a number of factors, including case complexity, the need to conduct checks with other Government Departments, and our reliance on applicants responding to queries before we can progress cases.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/01/2023 14:40:38 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1488407

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
	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 impact of the duty under section 149 of the Equality Act on the provision by his Department of pastoral support for armed forces personnel who hold religious and non-religious beliefs, including humanism.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	35025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 15 July 2020 to Question 35026.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/07/2022 13:22:59 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty attachment 1 file name 35026 - Armed Forces Pastoral Care.docx title Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1488408

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pastoral Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the law on genuine occupational requirement, whether he has considered the potential merits of providing non-religious as well as religious pastoral support to armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	35026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>Military Chaplains are professionally qualified to provide pastoral care to everyone, regardless of philosophy or faith background. Service personnel who do not wish to talk to a Chaplain are encouraged to seek support from a variety of alternative sources, which can be facilitated by the Chaplain. This includes their Chain of Command, through the Services' professional social workers, medical staff and welfare staff. Mutual support is also available via the various staff networks, including the Humanist and Non Religious in Defence (HAND) Network.</p><p>The Department is working to create and sustain an environment where everyone feels able to be authentic; where people feel respected and able to achieve their full potential. We have carefully considered the position expressed by Humanists UK on the provision of non-religious pastoral support for our Armed Forces and have recently concluded a review of this matter. We are currently considering the recommendations of that review and how best we can support all our people.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 15/07/2022 11:57:59 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1362175

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iraq and Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian casualties as a result of British airstrikes against ISIS as part of the US-led Coalition in Iraq and Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	60494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The UK follows robust procedures and uses all available evidence when conducting battle damage assessments. Parliament will always be informed of any instance where we assess a UK airstrike is responsible for a civilian casualty incident, whether incurred during a new strike, or as a result of re-examining historic strikes using new information. Specifically under Operation SHADER, the UK's contribution to the US-led Coalition, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, the UK has conducted airstrikes against Daesh in Iraq and Syria. The UK has accepted responsibility for one civilian casualty that occurred during an airstrike on Daesh fighters in eastern Syria on 26 March 2018. This incident was subject to a Written Ministerial Statement on 2 May 2018. However, we accept the possibility that there could be other instances of civilian casualties about which we are unaware, despite our best efforts to assess battle damage. For that reason, in 2016, the then Defence Secretary committed that MOD officials would work with civil society organisations on this issue. As a result, we always re-examine any new information relating to a potential incident submitted to us by such organisations, where it is possible that UK forces may have been involved.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 60495 60496 60497 question first answered 28/10/2021 10:22:06 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1362176

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Intervention: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using open source data and other information from monitoring organisations to support investigations into possible civilian harm incidences from UK airstrikes.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	60495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The UK follows robust procedures and uses all available evidence when conducting battle damage assessments. Parliament will always be informed of any instance where we assess a UK airstrike is responsible for a civilian casualty incident, whether incurred during a new strike, or as a result of re-examining historic strikes using new information. Specifically under Operation SHADER, the UK's contribution to the US-led Coalition, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, the UK has conducted airstrikes against Daesh in Iraq and Syria. The UK has accepted responsibility for one civilian casualty that occurred during an airstrike on Daesh fighters in eastern Syria on 26 March 2018. This incident was subject to a Written Ministerial Statement on 2 May 2018. However, we accept the possibility that there could be other instances of civilian casualties about which we are unaware, despite our best efforts to assess battle damage. For that reason, in 2016, the then Defence Secretary committed that MOD officials would work with civil society organisations on this issue. As a result, we always re-examine any new information relating to a potential incident submitted to us by such organisations, where it is possible that UK forces may have been involved.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 60494 60496 60497 question first answered 28/10/2021 10:22:06 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle