Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British nationals remain in Afghanistan as of 23 February 2022; and what plans her Department has to assist with repatriation efforts.

It remains very difficult to give an exact figure of how many British nationals remain in Afghanistan. The situation is fluid with numbers of British nationals entering and leaving all the time. Some British nationals have chosen to remain in Afghanistan. We encourage all British nationals in Afghanistan to sign up to and check FCDO Travel Advice updates and confirm their presence on the online registration system. British nationals can continue to access remote consular assistance on a 24/7 basis.

The FCDO has assisted British Nationals to leave Afghanistan when safe options are available such as Qatar Government sponsored charter flights.

British nationals who are in possession of valid passports, and their immediate Afghan family dependants (spouse and children under 18) who hold valid UK visas, or UK residency permits, are eligible to travel on Qatari Government chartered flights from Kabul to Doha.

FCDO Travel Advice notes other commercial flight options are available to regional capitals and encourages people to check safety notices published by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).