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1603657

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	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 caseworkers are currently working on Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy cases.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	163852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>As of 14 March, there are 73 personnel working on processing ARAP cases. This figure includes civilian, military and contractor staff assigned to the ARAP scheme in the UK and overseas.</p><p>The MOD continues to seek and recruit suitable personnel to ensure all aspects of the ARAP scheme operate as efficiently as possible.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/03/2023 17:57:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1603658

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	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 individuals have been relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme in each month since December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	163853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The number of individuals relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme since December 2022 can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total ARAP Relocations to the UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These relocation figures include eligible principals, their dependants who are eligible by default and additional family members (AFM) who qualify to be relocated to the UK under ARAP.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/03/2023 10:18:13 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1603659

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2023
	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 he is taking steps to reduce the time taken to confirm the eligibility of applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Resettlement Policy scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	163854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>As referenced in my answer of 10 March 2023, we are now processing and issuing decisions on more applications per month than we are receiving. In the past week alone, we have processed over 2,000 applications - while in February 2023 we issued more eligibility decisions than in any other month previously.</p><p>Furthermore, we are aiming to process all outstanding applications by August 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 17/03/2023 10:21:08 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1581343

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is being fully reimbursed from the reserves held by the Treasury for (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure to assist the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	133639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department can confirm that assistance provided to the Ukraine Armed Forces is reimbursed by the Treasury. This is in line with current HM Government policy on supporting Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 31/01/2023 15:52:41 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1580086

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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 10 January to Question 113300 on Afghanistan: Refugees, what is the breakdown of the 12,000 individuals relocated under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme to the UK by each month since June 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme was launched on 1 April 2021 and as such, the data requested can only be provided from April 2021 onwards. This can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total ARAP relocations to the UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2021</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2021</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2021</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2021</p></td><td><p>5,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2021</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>374</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2022</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2022</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2022</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2022</p></td><td><p>649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2022</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,059</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These relocation figures include eligible principals, their dependants who are eligible by default and additional family members (AFM) who qualify to be relocated to the UK under ARAP.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that a very small number of the AFM figures captured in the above statistics will have been relocated via other HM Government resettlement schemes. Due to data constraints, we are currently unable to provide this breakdown.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 31/01/2023 16:03:10 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1562948

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	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 Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy applications his Department has approved from applicants who served as part of Afghan Territorial Force (a) 444 and (b) 333.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>To date, we have relocated over 12,000 individuals under the ARAP scheme to the UK.</p><p>It is not possible to provide a breakdown of these figures by job role or specific unit.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 10/01/2023 11:00:24 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1541134

	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	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when was the most recent meeting of the panel for decisions on the Leave outside the Immigration Rules applications for additional dependants of Afghan interpreters that fall under (a) Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy or (b) the Ex-gratia Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	83633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>As of 10 November 2022, the date of the most recent decisions made on Leave Outside the Immigration Rules (LOTR) for additional family members (AFM) can be found below:</p><p>9 November 2022</p><p>31 October 2022</p><p>Due to data constraints, we are unable to breakdown LOTR decisions by job title. Therefore, the above dates reflect decisions made on LOTR for AFM for all eligible Afghans under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme and Ex-Gratia scheme (EGS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/11/2022 11:36:02 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1540119

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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 he has taken to reduce the processing times for the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy since August 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	80712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>It is recognised that processing times within ARAP can vary considerably, dependent upon a number of factors including 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.</p><p>Significant progress has been made to accelerate the process in recent months, including additional Defence resource being made available and an enhanced casework system. Whilst a high number of applications continue to be received, the majority of these are duplicates or are ineligible and the team are actively processing and issuing decisions on more applications per month than are being received. MOD Officials also continue to work closely with partners across Government in order to ensure necessary checks are completed as soon as is practicable.</p><p>I would also like to assure the hon. Member that the continued effective operation of the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme is kept under regular review within the department by senior officials and Ministers, reflecting the priority of the scheme. Having successfully relocated over 11,600 individuals under the ARAP scheme so far, the primary focus for the ARAP team is identifying and relocating the estimated remaining 4,900 eligible individuals (including dependents), using HMG employment records to target efforts.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 14/11/2022 17:54:20 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1540121

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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 Relocation and Assistance Policy applicants registered with the British High Commission are currently awaiting a decision in Pakistan; and how many of those have been waiting for more than three months.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	80714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>As of 10 November 2022, there are 19 individuals registered with the British High Commission in Pakistan who are awaiting an initial decision on their ARAP application. All of these applicants have been waiting over three months for a decision.</p><p>Timelines for decision making can vary considerably due to numerous factors, including level of complexity of the case, level of documentation or the need to conduct checks with other Government Departments. We are working to process these applications as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/11/2022 11:43:06 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1540122

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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, what the maximum time is that Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy applicants should expect to wait in between updates about their application; and what steps he is taking to keep applicants informed of the progress on their applications.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	80715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>All ARAP applications should be acknowledged at the point of submission. Applicant's may then be contacted to request additional information, before an eligibility decision is made. If found to be eligible, applicants will be asked for further information regarding their family members included in their application, for further required checks to be made.</p><p>Unfortunately, it is not possible to advise the consistency with which these updates may occur, as the 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.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 15/11/2022 11:42:05 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis