Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department provides for teachers who worked for the British Council and are eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who have not been evacuated from Afghanistan.

Eligible at-risk British Council contractors, Chevening alumni and GardaWorld contractors who expressed interest in Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) are being considered for resettlement, along with their dependents. We have allocated over 1000 of the 1500 places available in the first year of Pathway 3, subject to security checks. FCDO are notifying those who have completed initial security checks and providing advice on next steps. Some eligible individuals and their families have arrived in third countries, where they are offered accommodation and support from the International Organisation for Migration. We do not comment on individual cohort numbers while expressions of interest are being processed and security checks are outstanding. We look forward to welcoming the first arrivals to the UK under Pathway 3 as soon as practicable.