Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people were helped to be evacuated from Afghanistan by the UK at the request of other countries or authority, broken down by requesting country or authority.

We do not have the specific data on numbers evacuated as a result of requests from other countries or authorities. However, we can confirm that between 15 and 29 August, the UK evacuated over 15,000 people from Afghanistan, including over 8,000 British Nationals. The former Foreign Secretary and Lord Ahmad have travelled to the region and continue to engage closely with neighbouring countries to support cooperation and the safe passage of Afghans and their immediate families. We have been in frequent contact with neighbouring countries and Rapid Deployment Teams (RDT) have been sent to Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Dubai to reinforce our Embassy staff to process arrivals from Afghanistan as well as provided assistance to third country nationals.