Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the proportion of Afghans who are eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are still in Afghanistan.

The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy is an enduring scheme. Applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis and each given due process and applicants may apply from anywhere in the world. For this reason, no estimate of total Afghans who are likely to be eligible under the scheme and are still in Afghanistan has been made. As at, 26 January 2022 over 8,000 ARAP eligible Afghans, principles and dependants, have been relocated to the UK and casework continues seven days a week to process pending applications.