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1360566

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support Afghan people who reach the UK by their own means after being unable to access safe routes.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	903776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>There are many people in Afghanistan who may wish to leave, and while the UK has led the way with the most ambitious resettlement scheme of its type, we cannot do it all alone. Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.</p><p>We are taking action to help those affected by the situation in Afghanistan. Our new resettlement scheme will welcome Afghans most at risk, prioritising women, girls, religious and other minorities, so they can rebuild their lives safely in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2021 15:17:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1359138

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2021 to Question 51839, by what process Afghan nationals already in the UK with limited leave under (a) the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy or (b) Afghan Locally Employed Staff are expected to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain, and if this process will be (a) online and (b) free of charge.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	56184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office has established a dedicated caseworking team, which is working jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence. This team will contact all those who recently arrived to discuss their leave arrangements and ensure they get the right form of leave.</p><p>(a) Those who are here with limited leave under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy can apply to convert this to indefinite leave to remain at any time before their limited leave expires. This application is a free application and can be applied for online.</p><p>(b) Locally employed staff who meet the eligibility criteria for relocation under the ARAP scheme will have the opportunity to apply for limited leave to enter the UK. Locally employed staff already in the UK with temporary status under ARAP can apply, free of charge, to convert their status to indefinite leave to remain. This can be applied for online.</p><p>Details of the type of leave to be granted to those arriving from Afghanistan, and how they will be supported in obtaining that leave, can be found in the Afghanistan Resettlement and Immigration policy statement.</p><p>The policy statement can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version#afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version#afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy</a></p><p> </p><p>Further information regarding Locally employed staff, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-locally-engaged-staff" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-locally-engaged-staff</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/10/2021 16:52:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 25485 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1359289

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received representations from prison leaders on (a) unsafe staffing levels and (b) regime restrictions as a result of increased levels of staff absence linked to recent fuel shortages.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	56391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>As a contingency, we remained in close contact with senior leaders across Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) in the period where there were difficulties getting fuel to petrol stations. No groups reported staff having difficulty in reporting to work, or any subsequent regime or probation delivery difficulties as a result. There were no reports of people on probation encountering problems travelling to their appointments in the community as a result of these shortages.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 56394 question first answered 20/10/2021 15:28:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1359291

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received representations from probation leaders on (a) staff absences and (b) delays in face-to-face monitoring appointments linked to recent fuel shortages.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	56394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>As a contingency, we remained in close contact with senior leaders across Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) in the period where there were difficulties getting fuel to petrol stations. No groups reported staff having difficulty in reporting to work, or any subsequent regime or probation delivery difficulties as a result. There were no reports of people on probation encountering problems travelling to their appointments in the community as a result of these shortages.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 56391 question first answered 20/10/2021 15:28:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1359774

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 steps the Government has taken to ensure that people with a connection to the UK because of their work with UK universities on issues such as gender, which put them at particular risk of Taliban reprisals, are being helped as part of the ARAP scheme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	56795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>Details of the criteria for relocation under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) can be found in the Afghanistan Resettlement and Immigration policy statement. The ARAP was established to support those who worked for and alongside the UK Government in Afghanistan; it does not generally include those who worked with UK universities.</p><p>In addition to ARAP, the Government has announced the new Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), which will welcome 5,000 people at risk in the first year, and up to 20,000 in the coming years.</p><p>Further details of the Government’s approach can be found in the policy statement published on 13 September: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">Afghanistan resettlement and immigration policy statement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/10/2021 16:55:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1360007

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation: Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on the placement of young offenders into secure children's homes.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	57260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) placement team is responsible for placing children under the age of 18 that have been remanded or sentenced into youth secure accommodation. This includes Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs), which are operated by local authorities, and accommodate boys and girls aged 10-17. The YCS contract 107 beds for children sentenced or remanded into custody at eight SCHs, however, children held on secure welfare orders are also present at SCHs.</p><p> </p><p>A decision on the most appropriate accommodation to place a child is made following an assessment by a local authority led Youth Offending Team (YOT). The YCS will then make a decision about the most appropriate placement after consideration of each child’s individual needs and their YOT’s placement recommendation, against a view of the available accommodation. Decisions will be made with the child’s best interests as a primary consideration, with areas of consideration including age and gender; previous history; risk of harm (to self and others); family and resettlement; and maturity. Some particular considerations may make a child more suited to a particular type of accommodation. For an SCH placement, these might be a young age; particular vulnerabilities; better suited to living in smaller groups: and/or a requirement for high levels of support.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/10/2021 16:43:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1357861

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether scholars from Afghanistan who have been (a) validated by the Council for At-Risk Academics and (b) awarded funded research posts at UK universities will be required to pay in advance (i) visa fees and (ii) health surcharges if they are in hiding without access to funds in (A) Afghanistan and (B) hostile countries adjacent to Afghanistan whilst awaiting safe passage to the UK; and whether the dependants of such scholars will be required to provide in advance evidence of ability to support themselves for a specified period.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	53821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has issued a policy statement which gives further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). The policy statement can be found on the GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p><p>Those who were not called forward as part of Op PITTING, or who are not offered resettlement under the ACRS, will need to apply to come to the UK under the existing economic or family migration rules. They will be expected to meet the eligibility requirements of their chosen route, which includes paying relevant fees and charges, and providing biometrics.</p><p>Dependants are able to apply as a dependent on their partner or parents application. However, they must provide information to show they meet the specific requirements of the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The ACRS is not yet open and is being developed at pace. Further details will be released in due course.</p><p>Eligible people will be prioritised and referred for resettlement to the UK as set out in the policy statement.</p><p>More details, as soon as they are available, will be published on the GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/10/2021 13:45:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 25079 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1357862

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September to Question 46919 on Afghanistan: Refugees, for what reason the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme has not yet commenced; when that scheme will commence; whether her Department or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be responsible for determining the priority given to applicants for that scheme; if the Government will give priority under that scheme to Afghans who followed UK ministerial advice to cross borders to countries adjacent to Afghanistan, even if they were undocumented, and who are consequently at risk of detention and deportation back to Afghanistan; and if she will make an assessment of whether a scholar in Pakistan who is (a) female, (b) politically prominent, (c) a Hazara, (d) validated by the Council for At-Risk Academics, (e) capable of being extracted without difficulty from her current location and (f) in danger of deportation back to Afghanistan would fit the criteria for prioritisation for that scheme as set out in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	53822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the answer to Question 46919 on 16 September, the Government has issued a policy statement which gives further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>Eligible people will be prioritised and referred for resettlement to the UK as set out in the policy statement.</p><p>The ACRS is being developed at pace and further details will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2021 14:34:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1357903

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
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, how many people have arrived under the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	53932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), the UK will relocate up to 20,000 people at risk, including women and girls and minority groups, so they can rebuild their lives in safety.</p><p>The scheme is not yet open. However, the first to be resettled through this scheme will be those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk – including women’s rights activists, prosecutors and journalists.</p><p>We are working urgently to open the scheme, amid the complex and changing picture. We are working closely across government and with NGOs, charities, local authorities and civil society groups to ensure support is provided to people who are resettled through this route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/10/2021 16:32:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1357946

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
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, when the Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme will become operational.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	53882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>Through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), the UK will relocate up to 20,000 people at risk, including women and girls and minority groups, so they can rebuild their lives in safety.</p><p>The scheme is not yet open. However, the first to be resettled through this scheme will be those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk – including women’s rights activists, prosecutors and journalists.</p><p>We are working urgently to open the scheme, amid the complex and changing picture. We are working closely across government and with NGOs, charities, local authorities and civil society groups to ensure support is provided to people who are resettled through this route.</p><p>Further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the ACRS is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/10/2021 16:12:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord