Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals with UK visas who served (a) as interpreters and (b) in other locally employed staff roles have resettled in the UK as of 28 February 2022; and what steps her Department is taking to support those people and their families.

Over 15,000 people were supported to come to the UK directly following the evacuation of Afghanistan, and a further 2,000 have since arrived. The Home Office will publish the number of people being offered protection under UK Resettlement programmes in its quarterly Immigration Statistics. The next publication will be in May 2022.

On 31 August, the Government announced ‘‘Operation Warm Welcome’’ to support those who have been relocated to the UK in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need to fully integrate into society.

Following their arrival into the UK, Afghan evacuees are provided with housing, support to access benefits or employment and additional wrap around support provided by local authorities plus:

• Healthcare support – providing £3 million of additional NHS funding, so Afghans arriving under ARAP can access healthcare and register with a GP.

• Education support – making £12 million available to prioritise additional school places and enrol children as soon as possible.

• Support into accommodation – providing £5 million for local authorities to provide housing.

To harness the generosity of the British public and make sure those who want to help know where to turn, we have launched a new webpage, Help people who have come to the UK from Afghanistan: Ways you can help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) through which people can submit offers of support for people arriving from Afghanistan