United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 75168
Refugees: Afghanistan
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15 November 2021
Last action
23 November 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
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23 November 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she is making to (a) backdate benefit payments to Afghan refugees and (b) reduce the delay in payments to those refugees.
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15 November 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she is making to (a) backdate benefit payments to Afghan refugees and (b) reduce the delay in payments to those refugees.
Source: Commons
23 November 2021
Answer
The Department has played a key role in Operation Warm Welcome, including legislating to exempt those arriving under the Afghan relocation and resettlement schemes from the usual residency tests, which restrict access to certain benefits for arrivals to t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-15/75168
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1378620
- uk · wq-1378620 · source updated 23 November 2021