Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many locally-employed Afghan interpreters who worked alongside the British Army have (a) applied for relocation to the UK and (b) been resettled in the UK under his Department's resettlement package to date.

A total of 395 locally employed staff who worked alongside us in Afghanistan, largely interpreters, have applied for relocation to the UK through the ex-gratia redundancy scheme. Of these, 77 have settled in the UK with 67 family members. We expect relocations to continue at a rate of around 30 per month.