Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish details of how the British Council referral pathway will identify people eligible for resettlement in the UK through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement scheme.

On 6 January the Government announced the opening of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). Under the third pathway, and in the first year, the Government will consider for resettlement British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni at risk. We are working closely with the British Council on how to identify British Council contractors most at risk.