Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 2.

We anticipate receiving referrals from UNHCR for up to 2,000 refugees during the first year of pathway 2, although this number will be kept under review. We will continue to receive UNHCR referrals to the scheme in coming years.

We have brought around 6,000 Afghans to the UK under ARAP and ACRS Pathway 1 since Operation Pitting and the fall of Kabul.

Statistics are available at Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Government has committed to welcoming up to 20,000 people over the coming years. The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide up to 20,000 women, children, and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.

UNHCR is responsible for making referrals onto the ACRS. UNHCR will refer individuals in accordance with their standard resettlement categories and policies, based on an assessment of protection needs and vulnerabilities, in line with their resettlement submission criteria. This includes women and girls at risk.