Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 4616 on Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, whether he plans to re-evaluate unsuccessful applications for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy from members of (a) Commando Force 333 and (b) Afghanistan Territorial Force 444.
As set out in policy published on gov.uk, should an applicant to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme be found ineligible, they are entitled to request a review of that decision.
Each applicant has a 90-day window to submit a review request, and should do so if they believe the eligibility decision was not made in accordance with published policy, or they can supply new evidence that was not available when the original decision was made
This provision is open to all ARAP applicants, including former members of the Afghan Territorial Force 444 and Commando Force 333.