Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Afghan citizens have been given settled status in the UK in each of the past five years.

The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in the ‘EU Settlement Scheme statistics’.

The latest published information on EUSS applications concluded by outcome type to 31 December 2021, including settled status by non-EEA nationality, can be found in table EUSS_NON_EEA_02 available at: EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

A total of 890 applications from Afghan nationals had been granted settled status from when the EUSS began its first test phase on 28 August 2018 to 31 December 2021, with a further 1,730 granted pre-settled status in the same period.

The Home Office also publishes data on grants of settlement in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.

Data on Afghan nationals granted settlement are published in Settlement summary table se_03 and in table Se_D01 of the managed migration detailed datasets.

The latest data are provided in the table below. Corresponding data for 2021 will be published on 25 August 2022.

Nationals of Afghanistan granted settlement, 2016 to 2020

Please note, a person may appear in both grants under the EUSS and in grants of settlement under another part of the Immigration Rules.