British Nationals Abroad: Afghanistan

(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all eligible minors evacuated under Operation Pitting are currently attending UK schools.


Answered by
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
This question was answered on 28th February 2022

All children resident in the UK are entitled to access education irrespective of their immigration status.

Working with local councils and other networks, all school-age children and young people who arrived during Operation Pitting have now been placed in schools. We continue to work closely with local councils where we have information of Afghan families being relocated.

Operation Warm Welcome is a cross-government effort to ensure Afghans arriving in the UK receive the vital support they need to rebuild their lives, find work, pursue education, and integrate into their local communities.

We are working hard across government on this coordinated effort to resettle Afghan families. Operation Warm Welcome has made £12 million available in extra education funding, which prioritises additional school places and covers school transport, extra English lessons, specialist teachers and more, so that Afghan children and young people get the best possible start in this country. This funding has been distributed by the department.

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