Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of the expressions of interest received for pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme have been processed.

Under Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) Pathway 3, the FCDO received over 11,400 Expressions of Interest (EOIs) before the window to submit EOIs closed on 15 August 2022. We have informed just under 200 individuals that they are eligible in principle for resettlement, subject to passing security checks. Including their dependents, this accounts for over 750 of the 1500 available places on Pathway 3. We have issued over 2,000 rejection letters to those who did not meet the eligibility criteria under Pathway 3. We are continuing to work at pace to allocate the remaining places and will notify those who expressed interest of the outcome as quickly as is practicable.