PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(24 February 2025)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Armed Forces in response to the question from the hon. Member for Huntingdon of 24 February 2025, Official Report, column 14, what the full list of qualifying roles are that entitle applicants to be accepted into the Afghan Resettlement Programme.

Asked by:
Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative)

While the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) draws together existing resettlement routes into a single pipeline, the eligibility criteria of the schemes which make up the ARP remain the same.

The Ministry of Defence does not hold a list of job roles which make an individual eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme. Each application is assessed individually against the eligibility criteria using a case-by-case approach which takes into account the evidence available. The ARAP eligibility criteria are outlined under the Immigration Rules: Appendix ARAP. Further information on the ARAP eligibility criteria can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance#eligibility-under-the-arap

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