questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs of 19 September 2023 on Resettlement of Afghans, Official Report, column 1253, how many people from Afghanistan have waited more than two years for their ARAP applications to be processed; for what reason processing those applications has taken that long; and how many people from Afghanistan were awaiting a decision on their application as of 19 October 2023.
answerText: Of the ARAP applications submitted on or before 20 October 2021, 349 are pending a decision. The MOD has prioritised finding ARAP applications from those we know to be eligible having worked for, or alongside the UK forces in support of our mission in Afg...
heading: Refugees: Afghanistan