Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse is of the Afghanistan Response Route to date.

As set out previously, as of July 2025, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) assessed the total cost of the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) to be approximately £400 million. The Department anticipates a further £450 million in forecasted expenditure related to ARR resettlement activity, bringing the projected overall cost of the ARR scheme to £850 million.