Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department maintains contact with interpreters who have worked for the Armed Forces in Kabul.

The Department only has contact with Afghan former locally employed staff if: they have reported intimidation to the Intimidation Investigation Unit in Kabul, they are in receipt of an option under the Ex-Gratia Scheme, or they are employed by a contractor that provides services to one of our bases. The Department avoids unnecessary contact with former staff as current association with the UK could put them at risk.