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1466406

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date	26/05/2022
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 estimate she has made of the number of people that will be resettled in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme UNHCR pathway in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	9892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) commenced on 6<sup>th</sup> January, providing up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>We helped over 15,000 people to safety in the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history, and we have continued to bring people to the UK, with over 3,000 people helped to enter since the evacuation.</p><p>In light of the success of our evacuation efforts, we expect to exceed our initial aim of resettling 5,000 through the Scheme in the first year.</p><p>Community Sponsorship provides the opportunity for friends and neighbours, charities and faith groups to play a direct role in supporting families resettled to the UK as they restart their lives here. Sponsors are able to welcome and support families through the ACRS.</p><p>The number resettled through the ACRS and Community Sponsorship will be published soon in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 9894 question first answered 10/06/2022 16:19:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5494 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1466407

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan and Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff and contractors (a) are processing cases for the (i) Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and (ii) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and (b) have been redeployed from (A) ARAP and (B) ACRS to support the (1) Ukraine family reunification and (2) Homes for Ukraine schemes.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	9893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to the situations in Afghanistan and Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2022 16:24:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5493 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1466408

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
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 people, including principals and relatives, have been supported through Community Sponsorship under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme as of 26 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	9894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) commenced on 6<sup>th</sup> January, providing up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>We helped over 15,000 people to safety in the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history, and we have continued to bring people to the UK, with over 3,000 people helped to enter since the evacuation.</p><p>In light of the success of our evacuation efforts, we expect to exceed our initial aim of resettling 5,000 through the Scheme in the first year.</p><p>Community Sponsorship provides the opportunity for friends and neighbours, charities and faith groups to play a direct role in supporting families resettled to the UK as they restart their lives here. Sponsors are able to welcome and support families through the ACRS.</p><p>The number resettled through the ACRS and Community Sponsorship will be published soon in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 9892 question first answered 10/06/2022 16:19:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5496 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1459254

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
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	Duaa Alwadaei
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Ambassador to Bahrain will attend the 24 April 2022 sentencing of Duaa Alwadaei in Bahrain, the British-Bahraini wife of human rights defender, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Bahrain is aware of Mrs Alwadaei's case and have been in touch to provide Consular support. We understand that the charges against her have now been dropped and her case has been closed.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 26/04/2022 16:03:47 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1459277

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
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 ensure the Ukraine Family Scheme providing financial support to Ukrainian people seeking refuge and the £350 per month payment to sponsors is equivalent to the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and the Scottish and Welsh government's Super Sponsor Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Ukrainian nationals coming to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme are given access to work, benefits and public services as laid down in Appendix Ukraine to the Immigration Rules, details of which can be found at:</p><p>Immigration Rules Appendix Ukraine Scheme - Immigration Rules - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p><p>There is no specific financial support available to those who choose to sponsor family members to join them in the UK. This includes those sponsoring under the Ukraine Family Scheme where there is no requirement to provide accommodation.</p><p>Therefore the Government has not extended the £350 per month ‘thank you’ payment offered to those who are willing to offer a home to refugees arriving in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine and Super Sponsor Schemes.</p><p>Those sponsoring family members able to offer appropriate accommodation can choose to sponsor their family members under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme or Super Sponsor Schemes in order to become eligible for the ‘thank you’ payment.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2022 16:54:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1459280

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether processes are in place to ensure that people who have come to the UK through the Homes for Ukraine scheme can transfer to a new sponsor in the event that the original sponsorship relationship breaks down or is found to be unsuitable; and whether people can transfer from the Homes for Ukraine scheme to the Scottish Government’s super sponsor scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Individuals arriving with the Scottish Government as a direct sponsor – known as ‘Devolved Government Sponsorship’ – are arriving under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Further details on the development of the scheme will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 26/04/2022 15:59:00 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1455073

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has been allocated additional resources to fund the necessary increase in staff to provide the additional capacity to the UKVI team following the announcement of and the opening of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	148220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system.</p><p>We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet caseworking demand of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and the Ukraine Family Scheme which we have launched in response to the crisis in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:01:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1455081

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
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 recent allocation of resources to visa application centres, what assessment she has made of when UKVI will have sufficient capacity to tackle the backlog of applications from Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	148221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand, including from pressures relating to Ukraine. Over 27,000 visas have already been issued under our two schemes to assist Ukrainians fleeing conflict.</p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand, where we can offer over 13,000 appointments to visa applicants, and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p><p>As part of the Home Office’s commitment to make it easier for applicants to apply to our schemes, since 15 March Ukrainians with valid passports no longer need to go to a Visa Application Centre to give their biometrics before they come to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:23:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1453674

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	Myanmar: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to declare the UK’s intention to join the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	145887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>We welcome the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) consideration of the ongoing case brought by The Gambia against Myanmar for its alleged breach of the Genocide Convention. We are supporting the ICJ process which is putting pressure on Myanmar to protect the Rohingya. We provided the funding to enable Rohingya refugees to attend the hearings in December 2019. We are monitoring developments closely. We will keep under review the question of a UK intervention once the Court has ruled on whether the case can proceed.</p><p>The Rohingya crisis remains a UK priority. We continue to support the humanitarian responses on both sides of the border. In Rakhine State the UK has provided over £81 million to all communities since 2017, including over £25 million for the Rohingya and other Muslim minorities for support such as nutrition and health.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 28/03/2022 14:50:21 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1453676

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Myanmar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on security for the diaspora Burmese community in the UK of the continuous presence of the Myanmar military attaché in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	145888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>As a matter or long-standing policy, the Government does not comment on the detail of security or intelligence matters.</p><p>The Government takes potential risks to communities in the UK, including those from Myanmar, very seriously. I would encourage anyone who feels that they are under threat to contact the police in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 28/03/2022 14:50:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara