Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department regarding providing refuge to British Council staff in Afghanistan.

During Op Pitting, the Government evacuated all British Council employees from Afghanistan. The Government also agreed to resettle more than 50 of the most vulnerable British Council contractors. Under the third referral pathway of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), the Government will offer ACRS places to eligible at risk British Council contractors.