Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 70284

Afghanistan: Resettlement

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 3 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the numbers of Afghan (a) interpreters and (b) other personnel, who assisted UK armed forces and remain at risk from the Taliban whilst stranded in (i) Afghanistan

Answer

Luke Pollard

The Government does not hold an estimate of the total number of people who may have been eligible for ARAP but did not apply. ARAP is a well-known scheme amongst the Afghan communities and has seen over 190,000 applications since it was opened in April 20...

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