Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the details of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme will be finalised and the scheme opened.

The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is not yet open. However, the first to be resettled through this scheme will be some of those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk – including women’s rights activists, prosecutors and journalists. Officials are working urgently to stand up the remaining elements of the scheme, amid the complex and changing picture.

The Government will continue to work closely with other government departments, non-governmental organisations, charities, local authorities and other partners and relevant organisations in the development and implementation of the ACRS.