Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is taking steps to support female judges, journalists and human rights activists remaining in Afghanistan who are not eligible for Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

On 13 June, we announced the opening of the second and third pathways of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, after the first pathway opened in early January. In the first year of pathway three, the government will consider only eligible at-risk British Council, GardaWorld contractors and Chevening Alumni for resettlement.

Beyond the first year of pathway three, the government will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk. Further detail will be set out in due course.