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1466411

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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	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, what her Department's criteria are to determine the most at risk (a) British Council and Gardaworld contractors and (b) Chevening alumni for resettlement under the first pathway of the Afghan Citizens resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Under the third pathway of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), eligible at-risk British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni will be considered for resettlement. The Government will provide further details when this part of the scheme is launched in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 08/06/2022 16:19:31 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1466410

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	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	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 (a) British Council and Gardaworld contractors and (b) Chevening alumni her Department plans to resettle in the UK in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>Under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), the Government will resettle more than 5,000 people in the first year and up to 20,000 over the coming years. Under pathway 3, eligible at-risk British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni will be considered for resettlement. The Government will provide further details when this part of the scheme is launched in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 08/06/2022 16:20:40 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1466409

	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 (a) British nationals and (b) relatives of those nationals have been or are being resettled under the first pathway of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (i) during and (ii) since Operation Pitting.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>Following the evacuation from Afghanistan over the summer, work is underway to ensure information relating to all the individuals relocated under both schemes are recorded on case working systems. Once this work concludes, statistics on ACRS and ARAP will be included in future editions of the Immigration Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2022 16:22:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 5492 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

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

1466406

	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, 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

417584

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Argyll and Bute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of defence-related contracts placed by his Department with suppliers based in Argyll and Bute constituency was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The value of Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts placed in each of the last five years where work is undertaken in the Argyll and Bute constituency is provided below. The analysis includes work undertaken at Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde, but excludes work undertaken at HMNB Clyde under the £2.6 billion Maritime Support Delivery Framework with Babcock, as the work is split between HMNBs Devonport and Clyde.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current total value of contracts (£ million)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>171.4*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>40.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The large increase in 2012-13 is due to a £162.2 million contract with AWE for Strategic Weapon Support.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/09/2015 15:12:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417580

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what modifications will be needed at HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport to accept the successor submarine programme; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of adapting the ship-lift facility at HMNB Clyde to accommodate the successor to the Vanguard class submarine; and how much of the money announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 31 August 2015 will be used to undertake that work.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>On 31 August 2015, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that at least £500 million would be made available for the Royal Navy's flagship submarine base HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, securing 6,700 jobs and creating thousands more.</p><p>The project to make the necessary adaptations to accommodate the Successor submarine programme at Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde and Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport is in its Assessment Phase. The number and scope of modifications will not be known until these assessments are complete.</p><p>Similarly, it is not possible to establish precise costings until the project is more mature.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/09/2015 14:59:27 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

417579

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Submarines: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigations were carried out by his Department prior to the statement that no UK submarines were within 150 miles of the incident involving the fishing vessel Karen.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	9568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The incident involving a Royal Navy (RN) submarine and the Fishing Vessel Karen took place on 15 April 2015. No other RN vessels were in the area at the time. On information available at the time, the RN was confident that no UK submarine was involved.</p><p>Detailed analysis of operational records is routine and this revealed that a UK submarine was involved in this incident. The submarine was not aware of the incident at the time and, therefore, did not surface.</p><p>Once this new information was confirmed, the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend, the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) was informed on 6 August.</p><p>During August, I held meetings to establish the facts, question the RN and discuss changes to policy to ensure the safety of fishing vessels. I then took the earliest opportunity to inform the House and put the public record straight on 7 September.</p><p>The RN is conducting an investigation of the circumstance surrounding this incident. Consideration will be given in due course to the information that could be released, within the bounds of operational security.</p><p>I am withholding further information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9420 9421 9422 9423 question first answered 15/09/2015 15:15:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1237482

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	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	Nguyen Bac Truyen
	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 he will make representations to his Vietnamese counterpart for the release of Nguyen Bac Truyen from detention in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	95100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK is concerned by restrictions on freedom of expression in Vietnam. We regularly raise these issues in international fora and in bilateral contacts with the Government of Vietnam. We are concerned by prison conditions, which are affecting many inmates, including prisoners of conscience.</p><p>We raised concerns about freedom of expression and assembly, the treatment of prisoners, and the protection of civil society, during Vietnam's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2019. We also expressed our concern about restrictions on freedoms of expression and assembly in Vietnam in a UN Human Rights Council Item 2 Statement in September 2020. In January, the British Embassy in Hanoi met the Inter-faith Council of Vietnam to understand the restrictions religious groups in Vietnam have faced. Also in January, the former Minister for Asia and the Pacific raised the UK's concerns about human rights with the Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister during her visit to Vietnam.</p><p>We also raise individual cases of concern, including members of the Hoa Hao Buddhist movement who have faced repression. We have raised and will continue to raise our concerns in relation to Vietnam's UPR implementation plan.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/09/2020 14:22:53 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara