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1418306

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Bahrain: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the Bahraini legislation entitled Justice law for children and their protection from ill-treatment on preventing detention of children; what representations the Government plans to make to the government of Bahrain on (a) due process violations in respect of the detention of children in that country and (b) releasing children who have been detained; and what information his Department holds on the reported ongoing detention of six children in Beit Batelco in Bahrain since 27 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	114769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>On 1 February, the Public Prosecutor in Bahrain announced the detention of six children at a child protection centre following an assessment by a behavioural expert and referral to a judge in the Child Corrective Justice Court in accordance with the provisions of the Restorative Justice Law. We welcome the entry into force in August 2021 of the Restorative Justice Law for Children which specifically addresses Article 37 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and support Bahraini government efforts to ensure the law is fully and effectively implemented.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 03/02/2022 17:46:28 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1388779

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy received since that scheme was established had, as at 16 December 2021, received an individual follow up email to indicate that (a) they were eligible, (b) that their case was being further investigated to assess eligibility, (c) that they were not considered eligible to apply, (d) that their application was incomplete or (e) that it was a duplicate application which would not be further considered.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	94404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>The ARAP Scheme has been one of the most generous in the world, under which circa.1,300 Locally Employed Staff (LES) have been relocated to the UK since April; and Casework continues seven days a week to process circa. 99,000 applications.</p><p>All applications receive an email confirming receipt; and further correspondence, including the issuing of an application reference number is triggered once the team begin initial triaging of an application. Where applications are found to be incomplete, applicants are contacted by caseworkers; however, this is an ongoing dialogue with applicants for which instances are not tracked. A large number of applications are sifted out at an early stage of the process, for example because they are duplicates or incomplete. Therefore, the Department does not keep records of every application that is ruled out.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 05/01/2022 17:13:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1388780

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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: Refugees
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 and what proportion of locally employed staff from (a) the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, (b) the former Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (c) the former Department for International Development (who worked in Kabul, in the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team or elsewhere in Afghanistan) who applied to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme since that scheme was established have been (i) considered eligible, (ii) rejected as not meeting the criteria and (iii) asked to reapply; and how many of those applications are still being processed.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	94405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme offers resettlement for eligible Afghan staff who have assisted the UK Government, and their families and others who have worked with the Government in exceptional circumstances. Any current or former Locally Employed Staff directly employed by HMG assessed to be at serious risk of threat to life are eligible to apply for ARAP regardless of their employment status, rank or role, or length of time served. The ARAP scheme launched on 1 April 2021 and will continue to remain open. Since the launch, over 8,500 Afghans who worked for us have been evacuated and are being resettled, including interpreters and their immediate families, enabling them to build new lives in the UK. The Ministry of Defence, who lead on ARAP, has received over 90,000 applications to the ARAP Scheme and continues to receive new applications daily.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 05/01/2022 10:34:10 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1388781

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy made under Category 4 since the scheme was established as of 14 December 2021 have been (a) considered eligible and (b) considered eligible and called forward to the airport and (c) considered eligible, called forward to the airport and resettled in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	94406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2022 answer text <p>The ARAP Scheme has been one of the most generous in the world, under which over 99,000 applications have been received and circa.1,300 Locally Employed Staff (LES) have been relocated to the UK since April.</p><p>Those Afghans who were called forward to the Airport have had both their eligibility for ARAP confirmed and successfully undergone the Home Office visa process. However, there is not a separate Category 4 application process, all applicants must apply through the ARAP Scheme application form and a dedicated caseworker will confirm which category applies to the applicant upon deciding eligibility. As such, the information cannot be provided in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 06/01/2022 11:24:39 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey previous answer version 41488 answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1387773

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Abduljalil al-Singace and Hassan Mushaima
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 Ministers in her Department will meet with Ali Mushaima, who is on hunger strike outside the Bahraini Embassy in London, to discuss his request for the immediate release of (a) Hassan Mushaima and (b) Dr Abduljalil AlSingace from prison in Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	92954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to meet with Mr Ali Mushaima. We continue to monitor and raise the cases of Dr Abduljalil al-Singace, Hassan Mushaima and others as necessary, with the Bahraini Government as well as with relevant oversight bodies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 05/01/2022 16:00:42 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1387775

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Abduljalil al-Singace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what recent dates the Government has raised the case of Dr Abduljalil AlSingace with authorities in Bahrain regarding (a) Dr AlSingace’s ongoing hunger strike and his demands for his confiscated research to be given to his family and (b) his immediate and unconditional release from prison.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	92955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We continue to monitor and raise the cases of Dr Abduljalil al-Singace, Hassan Mushaima and others as necessary, with the Bahraini Government as well as with the independent oversight bodies. We encourage those with concerns about their detention to raise them with the oversight bodies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 92956 question first answered 05/01/2022 14:32:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1387777

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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	Hassan Mushaima
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what recent dates the Government has raised the case of Hassan Mushaima with authorities in Bahrain.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	92956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>We continue to monitor and raise the cases of Dr Abduljalil al-Singace, Hassan Mushaima and others as necessary, with the Bahraini Government as well as with the independent oversight bodies. We encourage those with concerns about their detention to raise them with the oversight bodies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly grouped question UIN 92955 question first answered 05/01/2022 14:32:39 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1387393

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of resettling any of the Afghan women who were evacuated by the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute to Greece.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	91985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The first to be resettled through the ACRS will be some of those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk.</p><p>Eligible people will be prioritised and referred for resettlement to the UK as set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p><p>The ACRS will be focused on people affected by events in Afghanistan, who are located in Afghanistan or in the region.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 91986 question first answered 16/12/2021 16:05:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1387396

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
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 the Government's policy is on the eligibility of lily pad evacuees for resettlement under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	91986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>The first to be resettled through the ACRS will be some of those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk.</p><p>Eligible people will be prioritised and referred for resettlement to the UK as set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p><p>The ACRS will be focused on people affected by events in Afghanistan, who are located in Afghanistan or in the region.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 91985 question first answered 16/12/2021 16:05:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1387547

registered interest
date	13/12/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK-EU Civil Society Forum and Domestic Advisory Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a list of stakeholders who requested an extension to the application membership deadline for the Domestic Advisory Group and Civil Society Forum.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	92142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>An extension to the expression of interest application deadline was requested by the Federation of Small Businesses, European Union Relationship &amp; Industrial Strategy Taskforce (EURIS), Human Rights Consortium Scotland and States of Guernsey on behalf of their stakeholders.</p><p>The Department did not approach groups to invite expressions of interest after the closing date for applications to the Domestic Advisory Group and Civil Society Forum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 92143 question first answered 16/12/2021 17:50:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara