Afghanistan: Refugees
(asked on 3rd November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the letter from the Minister for Afghan Resettlement on 29 October 2021, how many properties his Department has made available to accommodate Afghan personnel in the UK; and how many Afghan families have been housed in those properties.
This question was answered on 8th November 2021
To date, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has made 551 properties available, in three tranches, for lease to Local Authorities to assist with housing Afghan families. Currently, Local Authorities have signed 26 leases on properties with the MOD. 59 more leases are being negotiated and an interest has been expressed in a further 13.