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1352082

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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

1352083

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 estimate she has made of the funding required to provide refuge in the UK to people fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42097
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> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2021 15:32:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352084

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has discussed Afghanistan with the NATO Secretary General in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>I have discussed Afghanistan in all of my conversations with the NATO Secretary General in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 13/09/2021 12:02:37 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352362

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the Afghan Foreign Minister between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The FCDO was in frequent contact with the Afghan Government during this period.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/09/2021 16:05:24 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352363

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the Pakistani Foreign Minister between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary had telephone conversations with Foreign Minister Qureshi on 15 and 27 August and visited Qatar and Pakistan from 1-3 September. Minister of State for South Asia, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, visited Pakistan from 23-24 June and met Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Qureshi. Officials at the British High Commission in Islamabad also engaged regularly with the Government of Pakistan, at Ministerial and official level.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/09/2021 16:58:18 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352364

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Germany
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the German Foreign Minister between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and his German counterpart, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, have spoken directly at least seven times between 1 January and 1 August 2021. In addition, they are likely to have spoken to one another in the margins of multilateral meetings.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/09/2021 16:52:41 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352365

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the French Foreign Minister between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary speaks regularly to French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, bilaterally, in multilateral fora such as G7 and NATO Foreign Ministers, and at E3 (UK-France-Germany) level. The Foreign Secretary saw Foreign Minister Le Drian for bilateral meetings on 18 February in Paris, on 4 May in London, and most recently in Paris on 26 July, where they also signed the UK-France Maritime Security Treaty. The Foreign Secretary last spoke with Foreign Minister Le Drian by telephone, on 21 August.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/09/2021 16:55:13 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352366

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the US Secretary of State between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary regularly speaks with the US Secretary of State on a variety of issues of mutual concern.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 13/09/2021 16:53:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352367

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	NATO
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the NATO Secretary General between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>NATO Foreign Ministers meet regularly for meetings chaired by the NATO Secretary General - three such meetings have taken place this year. In addition, the Foreign Secretary spoke privately with the Secretary General on three further occasions in that time period to discuss security and defence issues.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/09/2021 17:01:48 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1352368

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	UN Secretariat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times he spoke directly to the UN Secretary General between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	42105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text The Foreign Secretary spoke to the UN Secretary-General on three occasions within the date range specified. On 11 January they spoke during the UN Secretary-General’s virtual visit to the UK to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly and UN Security Council meetings [PQ 180599]. They next spoke when the Foreign Secretary travelled to Geneva to participate in the UN Secretary-General convened Cyprus Settlement talks that were held between 27-29 April. Their third meeting was on 12 June in Carbis Bay during the G7 summit. answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 13/09/2021 17:00:27 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones