Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan refugees are awaiting housing resettlement following their entry into the UK through Government schemes.

Through Operation Warm Welcome, Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation alongside the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.

As stated in the recently published, 'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data' factsheet, at 12 Aug 2022, the UK:

• Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021.
• Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels while they await settled accommodation.

The factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.

The Home Office will also include Afghan resettlement statistics in its quarterly Immigration Statistics publications, in due course.