Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual Afghan Locally Employed Staff were relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy in each month since April 2021.

The Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) has been one of the most generous in the world, under which circa.1,200 Locally Employed Staff (LES) have been relocated to the UK since April 2021, with a large proportion being evacuated on over 100 RAF flights as part of Operation PITTING.

We owe a debt of gratitude to all Afghan nationals who risked their lives working alongside UK forces. For this reason the ARAP scheme is not time-limited and will endure, facilitating the relocation of Afghan LES and their families, from third countries if possible.

LES individuals relocated by month:

The figures given above do not include accompanying family members.