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1550555

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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 applications for resettlement to the UK under the Ex-Gratia Scheme for Afghan former locally employed staff there were from 4 June 2013 to 30 November 2022; how many of those applications were approved; and how many remain outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	108228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>Under the Ex-Gratia Scheme (EGS), eligible locally employed staff could apply for three offers: financial, training or relocation.</p><p>Under the relocation offer, 526 principals were approved and have relocated to the UK with their family members.</p><p>There are eight EGS applications outstanding. We are actively supporting the relocation of those applicants still wishing to relocate to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/12/2022 14:36:00 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1550560

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many migrants have been intercepted by the crew transfer vessels (a) Hurricane and (b) Typhoon while crossing the English Channel in small boats; and how many of those migrants were subsequently (i) brought to the UK and (ii) returned to France.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	108233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold a record of which of the crew transfer vessels are involved in the recovery of individual small boat migrants. All migrants intercepted by crew transfer vessels are brought to the UK. The total number of migrants who have crossed the English channel this year is 44,763.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/12/2022 11:52:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1543202

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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 Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications have received decisions as of 16 November.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	89834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Between August 2021 and November 2022, over 8.800 decisions have been issued to principal applicants. It is important to note that issuing decisions to principal applicants will simultaneously close all duplicate applications that the principal may have also submitted. As such, the total number processed during this period will be significantly higher.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 14/12/2022 11:39:59 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1543203

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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 Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are outstanding as of 16 November.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	89835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 November to Question 77550 to the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Singh Dhesi).</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/11/2022 17:30:50 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 file name 77550 - Afghanistan Refugees.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1543204

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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, by which date a (a) category four and (b) other applicant to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy would need to have applied if they were to have received a decision before 1 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	89836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Due to the way Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications are processed, it is not possible to provide a response to the hon. Member's question asked as decision making timeframes can vary considerably. This is due to numerous factors, including the initial amount of evidence received, level of complexity of the case, the need to conduct checks with other Government Departments, or the length of time it takes an applicant to respond to follow-up queries. This particularly applies to those under Category Four, which are considered on a case-by-case basis and need to meet the criteria as stated on Gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/11/2022 17:26:57 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1543205

registered interest
date	17/11/2022
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, whether Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are considered in date order; and whether applications that are lost by his Department and subsequently resubmitted would be considered according to the date on which they were initially submitted.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	89837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Rather than being processed in the order in which they were received, new Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications are triaged to separate out those that are clearly ineligible and those more likely to be eligible. These are then allocated to separate casework teams to process.</p><p> </p><p>The system used by casework teams ensures that applications are not lost, by collating applications made on the UK government website and providing all ARAP applications are provided with a unique reference number at the point of submission, which is recorded. Significant progress has been made to accelerate the decision-making process in recent months, including uplifts in resourcing and investment in the aforementioned system.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 22/11/2022 17:24:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1541355

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for relocation to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy have been submitted by Afghan nationals in third countries since August 2021; and how many of those applications (a) were refused and (b) are pending.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	83645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to reliably provide the number of refused and pending applications under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme submitted specifically by Afghans in third countries.</p><p>It is not always possible to know the exact location of all those that apply for ARAP, as it is largely incumbent on them informing the casework team on their initial application. In addition, once an individual has been confirmed as eligible under the ARAP scheme their location data is amended throughout the process to reflect their relocation to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 16/11/2022 12:20:55 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1541357

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the current average length of time taken to reach a decision on an application for relocation to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	83646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>Not all ARAP applicants will receive an eligibility decision within the same timeframe and the time taken varies enormously from case-to-case. This could be due to the complexity of the case, the need to conduct checks with other government departments, or the length of time it takes an applicant to respond to follow-up queries. Therefore, due to the significant variation, it is not possible to provide an average timescale.</p><p>I recognise the great concern all applicants to the scheme have for their safety and wellbeing. As such, considerable amounts of time, resources and personnel have been, and continue to be, deployed to ensure that applications are considered as quickly efficiently, accurately and fairly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 16/11/2022 12:21:25 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1541358

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking (a) to facilitate timely decision-making on outstanding applications for relocation to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) to provide regular updates to individuals with applications outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	83647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>We continue to receive a high number of applications, however, the majority of these are duplicates or are ineligible under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme.</p><p>Considerable amounts of time, resources and personnel have been, and continue to be, deployed to ensure that applications are considered as quickly efficiently, accurately and fairly as possible. We are now actively processing and issuing decisions on more applications per month than we are receiving and have improved communications with applicants.</p><p>The regularity of application updates is specific to each case and is dependent on a number of factors, such as the amount of evidence received on an initial application, the level of complexity of the case, the need to conduct checks with other government departments, or the length of time it takes an applicant to respond to follow-up queries.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 16/11/2022 13:18:03 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1539413

registered interest
date	04/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Detention Centres: Manston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs were incurred by (a) his Department and (b) the Home Department for the Secretary of State for the Home Department's flight in a Chinook from Dover to Manston on 3 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	79311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2022 answer text <p>The Chinook flight for the Home Secretary was incorporated into a routine training sortie. The costs of the legs for which the Home Secretary and her staff were embarked cannot be separated from the cost of the wider sortie.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 10/11/2022 10:29:05 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock