Question follow-through · 65260
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of first-time applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy that were successful in (a) 2024 and (b) the first six months of 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of first-time applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy that were successful in (a) 2024 and (b) the first six months of 2025.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
In 2024, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) received 27,491 applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme. Additionally the Department reviewed and confirmed the ineligible outcome of 1,070 principal applications where the applican...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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