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1489982

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date	18/07/2022
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, how many Afghan refugees remain in hotels following their arrival in the UK in summer 2021.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	38651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the UK Government undertook the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history, helping over 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan. Since the end of Op PITTING, we have brought a further c.4,000 Afghans to the UK. Due to the scale and pace of the evacuation we were not able to source appropriate accommodation in the normal way, so we have had to use hotels as a temporary measure.</p><p>As of 18 July 2022, we are currently providing temporary accommodation for c.9,500 individuals resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) or Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), whilst they await permanent accommodation.</p><p>Over 7000 Afghans have already moved or are in the process of being moved into their permanent accommodation. In addition to the work, we are doing to provide appropriate accommodation for Afghans, a number of families have, in recent months, taken steps to secure their own accommodation.</p><p>The cost of accommodating those resetting under ACRS or ARAP, whilst they await permanent accommodation, is estimated at £1 million a day. The Home Office works to secure contracts which offer the best value for money, whilst providing an appropriate level of support to those under its care.</p><p>We do not want to see Afghan families in temporary accommodation for any longer than is absolutely necessary. We are therefore working with local authorities across the UK to identify more opportunities for those being housed in bridging hotels to move into permanent accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 38652 38653 question first answered 28/07/2022 09:49:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1489986

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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, how many Afghan refugees have found permanent accommodation since arriving in the UK following the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	38652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the UK Government undertook the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history, helping over 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan. Since the end of Op PITTING, we have brought a further c.4,000 Afghans to the UK. Due to the scale and pace of the evacuation we were not able to source appropriate accommodation in the normal way, so we have had to use hotels as a temporary measure.</p><p>As of 18 July 2022, we are currently providing temporary accommodation for c.9,500 individuals resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) or Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), whilst they await permanent accommodation.</p><p>Over 7000 Afghans have already moved or are in the process of being moved into their permanent accommodation. In addition to the work, we are doing to provide appropriate accommodation for Afghans, a number of families have, in recent months, taken steps to secure their own accommodation.</p><p>The cost of accommodating those resetting under ACRS or ARAP, whilst they await permanent accommodation, is estimated at £1 million a day. The Home Office works to secure contracts which offer the best value for money, whilst providing an appropriate level of support to those under its care.</p><p>We do not want to see Afghan families in temporary accommodation for any longer than is absolutely necessary. We are therefore working with local authorities across the UK to identify more opportunities for those being housed in bridging hotels to move into permanent accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 38651 38653 question first answered 28/07/2022 09:49:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1489989

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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 to the public purse is of temporary housing for Afghan refugees.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	38653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, the UK Government undertook the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history, helping over 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan. Since the end of Op PITTING, we have brought a further c.4,000 Afghans to the UK. Due to the scale and pace of the evacuation we were not able to source appropriate accommodation in the normal way, so we have had to use hotels as a temporary measure.</p><p>As of 18 July 2022, we are currently providing temporary accommodation for c.9,500 individuals resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) or Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), whilst they await permanent accommodation.</p><p>Over 7000 Afghans have already moved or are in the process of being moved into their permanent accommodation. In addition to the work, we are doing to provide appropriate accommodation for Afghans, a number of families have, in recent months, taken steps to secure their own accommodation.</p><p>The cost of accommodating those resetting under ACRS or ARAP, whilst they await permanent accommodation, is estimated at £1 million a day. The Home Office works to secure contracts which offer the best value for money, whilst providing an appropriate level of support to those under its care.</p><p>We do not want to see Afghan families in temporary accommodation for any longer than is absolutely necessary. We are therefore working with local authorities across the UK to identify more opportunities for those being housed in bridging hotels to move into permanent accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 38651 38652 question first answered 28/07/2022 09:49:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1487634

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected completion time is for a child's first passport application submitted in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	32953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>All applicants using the standard service from the UK are advised to allow up to ten weeks to get their passport, including children applying for their first passport.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/07/2022 10:58:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1487635

registered interest
date	08/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected completion time is for applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme made in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	32954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>UKVI have issued thousands of visas under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme. The latest figures can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fukraine-family-scheme-application-data%2Fukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmma.Henning%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce3452d2f80674869864808da632ba6ef%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637931336372206017%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nPNfyxWzmxQUkI1C8NWXVurLGiOpxskKSaS8gRugKG4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Applications are being processed as quickly as possible, with an aim of deciding the majority within 48 hours where we can do so.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2022 14:10:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern