Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral contribution of 6 September 2021, Official report, column 43, to which scheme the 500 special cases of Afghans evacuated from Kabul have been assigned.

The 500 special cases have been welcomed into the UK as part of Operation Warm Welcome and it is intended that they will be resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.