Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish details on how people from religious minorities will be able to be prioritised under the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme.

Through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) the UK will relocate up to 20,000 people at risk. It will prioritise those who have stood up for values such as democracy and women’s rights in Afghanistan, as well as vulnerable people including ethnic and religious minority groups.

Further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the ACRS is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement. We are working urgently to develop the details of this scheme amidst the emerging security situation in Afghanistan.