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date	02/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Chevening Scholarships Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide information to the Afghan Chevening Scholars on their immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	133204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office’s Policy Statement (updated 13.9.21) explained that we had introduced a concessionary approach which applied to any Afghan national who had permission under work or study routes to be in the UK before 1 September 2021. This means that Chevening scholars already in the UK may be eligible to apply to either the Graduate or the Skilled Worker route.</p><p>The Graduate route allows individuals to spend 2-3 years in the UK looking for and undertaking work at any skill level, before switching into another economic route (including the Skilled Worker route). The Skilled Worker route provides a pathway to settlement.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/03/2022 11:14:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 55824 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1437402

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Chevening Scholarships Programme
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 provide clarity to the 2021-22 intake of Afghan Chevening Scholars on their immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	133205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>We have contacted all of those from the 2021/22 cohort who came to the UK as part of Op Pitting, and registered their applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) onto HO systems.</p><p>This means that they have continuing permission to be in the UK, and their ILR applications will be processed by April 2022. Any 2021/22 Chevening Scholars who were already in the UK have ongoing permission to be here.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/03/2022 11:16:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 55826 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1437403

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Chevening Scholarships Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Afghan Chevening Scholars are able to contact her Department directly regarding their immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	133206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Chevening Scholars should continue to liaise with their Chevening contact who can provide more detailed advice. In addition, they can contact the Home Office at <a href="mailto:Public.Enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk" target="_blank">Public.Enquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/03/2022 11:16:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 55828 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1437404

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Minister of State for Higher and Further Education plans to respond to the letter of 9 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow North West on arranging a meeting to discuss the situation of the Afghan Chevening Scholars.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	133207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>In response to the letter dated 9 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow North West, a diary invitation has been sent.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 07/03/2022 16:32:53 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan