Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan households who arrived in the UK under Operation Warm Welcome remain in interim hotels under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.

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

The last publication of Afghan Resettlement Operational data released on the 30 September 2023 (updated on 23 November 2023) shows the following: 1,674 people, around half of whom are children, were living in interim accommodation (i.e., hotels/serviced accommodation) at the end of September 2023. This number changes frequently as those within interim move into settled accommodation.

For more information on individuals within interim accommodation, including nationality, age and sex breakdowns, see table Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. For data on those in accommodation by location, see the regional and local authority immigration groups data tables.

We are unable to provide a running commentary on interim accommodation occupation. The next release of Afghan Operational Data is scheduled for around the 22 February 2024.