Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of locally employed staff and their family members eligible for assistance under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy.
The number of Afghans brought to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) since it was established in April is now double the number anticipated this year, and the scheme will remain open indefinitely to those who are eligible.
For this reason, the number of locally employed staff and their families eligible for assistance under the ARAP continues to grow as we continue to receive and assess applications.
Operation PITTING was the largest UK military evacuation since the Second World War. Throughout its duration, many thousands of British nationals and their families, Afghan former UK staff and their families, and many highly vulnerable Afghan people were brought out of the country on over 100 RAF flights.