Question follow-through · 115958
Afghanistan: Home Country Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the family members of applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy that remain in Afghanistan and were affected by the data leak of February 2022.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 6 Mar 2026 · 9 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
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the family members of applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy that remain in Afghanistan and were affected by the data leak of February 2022.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2026
Answer published
The previous Government established the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) for individuals affected by the February 2022 data incident considered to be at highest risk as a result of the incident. Under the scheme around 900 ARR principals are in Britain or...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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