Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Point Plan Framework V10 165 Supported accommodation V7.0 166 Supporting Citizens Arriving from Afghanistan
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of Afghan nationals who are family members of individuals resettled to the UK under pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who have (a) applied for and (b) been granted (i) entry clearance under refugee family reunion rules, (ii) leave outside those rules and (iii) leave to enter or remain in the UK under other immigration routes.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The Government continues to work with partners in the region to evacuate eligible people and are committed to bringing more Afghans to the UK in the long term. This includes eligible immediate family members of those being resettled under both the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).
Public data giving the requested breakdown of family members is not available; however, the latest published statistics, summarised at Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), show that, at the end of December 2023, 10,520 have been relocated under ACRS, with 9,706 individuals resettled under Pathway 1 of this scheme so far.
For those evacuated from Afghanistan under ACRS Pathway 1 without their immediate family members, the Home Secretary has committed to establishing a route for separated families to be reunited in the first half of this year. Further details will be provided in due course.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral statement by the Minister for Veteran's Affairs on Resettlement of Afghans of 19 September 2023, Official Report, column 1253, how many and what proportion of the Afghans that were housed in temporary accommodation under the local authority homelessness provision on 19 September 2023 have since been moved into permanent accommodation.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The department continues to monitor homelessness in these groups, and further data will be published on this in due course. This will be available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-management-information-afghan-nationals-england.
We publish data on this subject on an ad hoc basis that is voluntarily provided by local authorities. The last time information was published was in September 2023 and related to 1 July 2023 to 31 August 2023. This data was published to monitor the success of the move of Afghans out of hotels into settled accommodation.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Afghans under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan citizens resettlement scheme are in temporary accommodation provided under local authority homelessness provision.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The department continues to monitor homelessness in these groups, and further data will be published on this in due course. This will be available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-management-information-afghan-nationals-england.
We publish data on this subject on an ad hoc basis that is voluntarily provided by local authorities. The last time information was published was in September 2023 and related to 1 July 2023 to 31 August 2023. This data was published to monitor the success of the move of Afghans out of hotels into settled accommodation.
Written Evidence Apr. 22 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: The context of the El Masri case was the “extraordinary rendition” of a German national to Afghanistan
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.Found: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Responsibilities include: ● The Commonwealth ● Middle East and North Africa ● Afghanistan
Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) raised in detail a case of her constituent who supported British efforts, but whose family were stuck in Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) journalists, the interpreters, the people who put their lives in danger to safeguard the UK’s mission in Afghanistan - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) My constituent Trevor Young worked for the British Army in Afghanistan, alongside his comrade and friend - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) TV and radio studios, saying that to repay our debt of honour to those who have served the Crown, in Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Some of them in Pakistan are being threatened with being sent back to Afghanistan, based upon the experience - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) There is a safe and legal route available to those in Afghanistan who have served and can prove their - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is to accept those who can demonstrate that they assisted the British forces in Afghanistan. - Speech Link
2: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) minutes to read the story of my constituent, who gave so much of his life to support our forces in Afghanistan - Speech Link
3: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) The Bill does not oblige the Government to return anybody from Afghanistan; there are explicit schemes - Speech Link
4: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) raised this time and again in the House, as have others—that people who served the armed forces in Afghanistan - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) The situation in Afghanistan in particular is deteriorating at the moment. - Speech Link
Found: service to the UK, or whose family member’s support for or service to the UK, was given in Afghanistan