Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the further chasing letter to the Minister for Future Borders and Immigration from the hon. Member for Harrow West of 9 November 2021, regarding his constituent Arian Sherzai and the safety of relatives in Afghanistan.

The Minister for Afghan Resettlement wrote to all members on 13 September 2021 and re-affirmed in her statement to the House on 6^th January 2022 informing them that we could not pursue cases concerning Afghan people in country in the usual ways in view of the very difficult circumstances in Afghanistan. The Minister advised members to signpost individuals to gov.uk to check for the latest information about Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) rather than to seek to pursue cases on their behalf.

As a result, any correspondence received from Members during the Afghan evacuation period (including chaser enquiries) relating to Afghan people in country have and will not receive a substantive response.

The letter received from the hon. Member on 9 November 2021 was chasing a response to his earlier letter of 24 August 2021 meaning no substantive response will be sent.