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1353855

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with representatives of Bexley Council on support and accommodation for Afghan families in that borough.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	45288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has worked at pace to develop and launch a new and bespoke resettlement scheme, announced on 18 August, which will relocate 5,000 vulnerable people in its first year, rising to up to 20,000 over the coming years –one of the most generous schemes in British history. The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is in addition to the Afghan Relocations Assistance Policy (ARAP), which offers any current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life priority relocation to the UK.</p><p>The need for suitable accommodation to support those we welcome is pressing. We need the help of every Council across the country to step up to offer accommodation and support for these families, so that we can swiftly help them into permanent, safe homes and enable them to start rebuilding their lives and integrating into our communities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2021 15:53:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1352835

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the HMICFRS report, entitled A duty to protect: Police use of protective measures in cases involving violence against women and girls, published on 24 August 2021, what steps she is taking to improve protections for the victims of domestic violence and abuse.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	43594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a top priority for this Government and we are committed to taking action to improve protections for the victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>Earlier this year we passed the landmark Domestic Abuse Act which will bolster the response to domestic abuse on every level. The Act will provide further protections to the millions of people who experience domestic abuse and strengthen measures to bring perpetrators to justice, as well as transform the support we give to victims, ensuring they have the protection they deserve. For the first time in history there will be a general purpose legal definition of domestic abuse which incorporates a range of abuses beyond physical violence, including emotional, coercive or controlling, and economic abuse.</p><p>In addition, we recently published a new Tackling VAWG Strategy which sets out our commitment to working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to appoint a National Policing Lead on VAWG who will work to transform the way policing responds to these crimes and ensure effective coordination nationally. The new lead will report on progress to the Home Secretary-chaired National Policing Board.</p><p>The Strategy also includes commitments to: launch a communication campaign with a focus on targeting perpetrators and harmful misogynistic attitudes, educating young people about healthy relationships and ensuring victims can access support; provide a £5 Million ‘Safety of Women at Night’ fund, and work across Government to improve data, and in turn improve understanding, of these crimes.</p><p>We are considering the findings and recommendations of this report and will work closely with the College of Policing, National Police Chiefs’ Council, HMICFRS and VAWG stakeholders to ensure officers understand all the protective measures available to them.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2021 15:16:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 19903 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1352842

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: 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 she is taking to support (a) locally employed staff from Afghanistan, (b) Afghan National Security Forces personnel and (c) their dependants with regularising their immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	43525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>All those evacuated from Afghanistan should already have a valid immigration status, granted either pre-departure or on arrival at the border.</p><p>We announced on 1 September that all those eligible for the ARAP will be qualify for immediate settlement (indefinite leave to enter or remain). Those already in the UK with temporary status can apply, free of charge, to convert their status to indefinite leave to remain.</p><p>Those who qualify under the new ACRS will also be offered ILR</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2021 16:37:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1352965

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) Hindus, (b) Sikhs and (c) Hazara people that have been evacuated to the UK from Afghanistan following recent evacuation efforts in that country.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	43694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is prioritising finding accommodation for the thousands of people who were evacuated and are leaving managed quarantine settings. Analysis of demographics will follow in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2021 16:43:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1353006

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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, if she will make it a condition of awarding government contracts to commercial providers of accommodation for refugees from Afghanistan that full compensation be paid to festival organisers whose events are cancelled at short notice by those accommodation providers which sign alternative contracts with her Department.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	43365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to provide comment on the contractual arrangements in place between providers of accommodation and other parties. It is understood that in many cases compensation payments are offered to those affected but this has to be an agreement between the accommodation provider and the affected parties</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2021 16:29:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1353096

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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, what eligibility criteria will her Department apply to (a) family members and (b) dependents seeking to enter the United Kingdom via the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	43527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for family members and dependants seeking to accompany those relocating under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are set out in paragraphs 276BE1-276BL1 of the Immigration Rules:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-part-7-other-categories" target="_blank">Immigration Rules part 7: other categories - Immigration Rules - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>There is additional published guidance for those family members who do not qualify under the Immigration Rules:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/991391/arap-additional-dependants-guidance-v1.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">Additional guidance on the eligibility of additional family members under the Afghan locally employed staff relocation schemes (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2021 16:35:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1353099

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to expedite the biometric processing of eligible applications to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy; and what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues and relevant officials on biometric processing in third countries.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	43528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>Officials are working with the authorities in countries neighbouring Afghanistan to ensure that biometric enrolment of those eligible to apply under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy scheme can be carried out in as rapid and efficient manner as possible.</p><p>Cabinet colleagues and officials have been regularly updated.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2021 15:13:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1353100

registered interest
date	06/09/2021
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 her Department will publish the full eligibility criteria for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	43529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>On 6 September, the Prime Minister gave an update on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), which will provide a safe and legal route for up to 20,000 Afghans in the region over the coming years, with 5,000 in the first year – one of the most generous schemes in British history.</p><p>Under this scheme we will work with the United Nations and aid agencies to identify those we should help, as we have done in respect of those who fled the war in Syria. We will also include those who have contributed to civil society or face a particular risk from the Taliban, for example, because of their role in standing up for democracy and human rights, or because of their gender, sexuality or religion. Those arriving through the ACRS will be granted immediate Indefinite Leave to Remain, allowing them to benefit from full rights and entitlements and providing them with the certainty and stability they need to build their life here.</p><p>We are working urgently to open this route and further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2021 13:20:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1352081

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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, if she will make it her policy to establish a five year funding support scheme for local authorities to enable the resettlement of refugees from Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	42154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has worked at pace to develop and launch a new and bespoke resettlement scheme, announced on 18 August, which will relocate 5,000 vulnerable people in its first year, rising to up to 20,000 over the coming years – one of the most generous schemes in British history. The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is in addition to the Afghan Relocations Assistance Policy (ARAP), which offers any current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life priority relocation to the UK.</p><p>Work is underway across government departments, and with charities and local authorities, to ensure people are properly supported so they can rebuild their lives. Further detail on the support we provide to those we bring to the UK, including levels of funding, will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2021 15:43:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1352082

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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, what discussions she has had with the devolved Administrations on the resettlement of Afghan refugees.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>As the Minister for Afghan resettlement, I met with counterparts from the Devolved Administrations on 6<sup>th</sup> September to discuss plans and the help provided across the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster also met with First Ministers on 27 August to discuss issues relating to Afghanistan.</p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with the Devolved Administrations on the design and delivery of the ACRS, which will welcome up to 5,000 people at risk in the coming year, in addition to Afghan citizens under the ARAP scheme.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2021 15:46:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones