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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-09-07more like thismore than 2015-09-07
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Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Afghanistan: Interpreters remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many locally-employed Afghan interpreters who worked alongside the British Army have (a) applied for relocation to the UK and (b) been resettled in the UK under his Department's resettlement package to date. more like this
tabling member constituency Gedling remove filter
tabling member printed
Vernon Coaker more like this
uin 9114 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-09-10more like thismore than 2015-09-10
answer text <p>Some 500 local staff are eligible to apply for relocation to the UK under the Ex Gratia Redundancy scheme, of which over 170 local staff are now residing in the UK along with their families. In addition to the redundancy scheme our intimidation policy supports all staff, regardless of role or employment duration, who may be facing security risks as a result of their work with British Forces.</p><p>The UK is the only nation with a permanent team including trained investigation officers in country to investigate claims of intimidation. These experts thoroughly and professionally investigate all claims of intimidation and have provided support to over 200 former local staff including bespoke security advice and financial support for some 30 relocations within Afghanistan. We have not found an intimidation case where the threat is such that we need to relocate the local staff to the UK to make them safe. This intimidation policy is open-ended, and applies to all local staff regardless of date or duration of service.</p>
answering member constituency Portsmouth North more like this
answering member printed Penny Mordaunt remove filter
question first answered
less than 2015-09-10T16:09:12.847Zmore like thismore than 2015-09-10T16:09:12.847Z
answering member
4017
label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt more like this
tabling member
360
label Biography information for Lord Coaker more like this