Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to identify duplicate applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme in a timely manner.

We are investing considerable effort and resources into delivering the ARAP scheme. Our new case working system, which went live in May, enables the identification of duplicate or repeat applications from one individual and links these together. Almost all existing applications have now been through a matching process and all new applications are automatically checked upon receipt.