Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date did the first cohort of Afghan people arrive in the UK under (a) Pathway 2 and (b) Pathway 3 under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.

The UK has made one of the largest commitments of any country to support those impacted by events in Afghanistan.

Whilst public data on separating principals and dependants is not available, the latest Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (published on 24 August 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,526 people.