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date	20/05/2024
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 applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy were rejected and subsequently appealed that decision as of 20 May 2024; and whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of those figures in comparison with asylum applications through other routes.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	27027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 20 May 2024, 6,324 applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme have used the right to seek a review of the eligibility decision that is set out in published policy. This represents approximately 7% of those found initially ineligible.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is only responsible for administering the ARAP scheme and is therefore unable to provide a comparison with appeals lodged in relation to asylum applications in the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/05/2024 12:30:51 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1716891

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 23990, how many eligibility decisions have been overturned as a result of the review.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	25419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to my answer to Questions 23990 and 23497. I will update the House once the review is completed.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 23990 - Afghanistan Refugees.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees 2 file name 23497 - Afghanistan Refugees.docx title Afghanistan: Refugees question first answered 14/05/2024 16:36:11 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1715658

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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 Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 6083 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme eligible Afghan nationals classed as (i) principals and (ii) dependents are in Pakistan as of 2 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	24610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>As of 2 May, the number of eligible persons in Pakistan who qualified via Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy were 127 principals and 486 dependents and the number of individuals who qualified via Afghanistan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 3 were 39 principals and 166 dependents.</p><p>The government looks forward to bringing all remaining eligible individuals to the UK as soon as practicable. Since Operation Pitting we have welcomed 8,892 Afghans eligible under ARAP, and 2020 Afghans eligible under ACRS, to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/05/2024 16:22:07 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey