Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2023 to Question 200463 on Refugees: Afghanistan, if she will take steps to establish the number of Afghan people based in Pakistan awaiting applications to be processed by the Visa Application Centre.

The number of Afghans awaiting applications to be processed at Visa Application Centre is internal management information and is not for public release at this time.

Cross government work continues at pace to provide resettlement to those located in third countries.

Data on Afghanistan resettlement is released quarterly and the latest release is available to view at: Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)