Ministry of Defence written question – answered on 8 June 2023.
Jessica Morden
Chair, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee), Chair, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee), Chair, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee), Chair, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee), Shadow Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Whip), Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme were (a) received; (b) processed; and (c) had eligibility decisions made in each month since April 2021.
Jessica Morden
Chair, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee), Chair, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee), Chair, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee), Chair, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee), Shadow Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Whip), Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many decisions have been taken on applications through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme was since its establishment on 1 April 2021.
James Heappey
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The information requested can be found in the table below. The data in the table is drawn from a live system and as such, is subject to change as we continue to refine and improve our processes.
Month | Number of ARAP applications received (including duplicates) | Number of Unique ARAP applications processed / Total Number of Eligibility Decisions |
April 2021 | 118 | 7 |
May 2021 | 664 | 68 |
June 2021 | 4,460 | 81 |
July 2021 | 3,726 | 354 |
August 2021 | 63,179 | 2,237 |
September 2021 | 16,508 | 10 |
October 2021 | 5,897 | 49 |
November 2021 | 4,511 | 9 |
December 2021 | 3,220 | 14 |
January 2022 | 6,384 | 140 |
February 2022 | 3,723 | 244 |
March 2022 | 2,197 | 348 |
April 2022 | 1,670 | 48 |
May 2022 | 1,907 | 96 |
June 2022 | 1,729 | 394 |
July 2022 | 1,768 | 1,155 |
August 2022 | 2,684 | 1,659 |
September 2022 | 2,170 | 1,701 |
October 2022 | 2,051 | 2,043 |
November 2022 | 1,784 | 2,550 |
December 2022 | 1,284 | 2,196 |
January 2023 | 1,348 | 2,845 |
February 2023 | 2,126 | 3,280 |
March 2023 | 1,474 | 3,949 |
April 2023 | 1,500 | 2,217 |
May 2023 | 1,023 | 4,632 |
To note, the number of unique Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) applications (excluding duplicate applications) processed is the same as the number of eligibility decisions made and therefore, the answer to questions b) and c) have been answered under the same column.
There are a high number of duplicate ARAP applications and when an eligible decision is made on each unique ARAP application, this will simultaneously process all associated duplicate application. Therefore, the figure for total cleared applications will be much greater.
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