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First Special Report - Afghanistan: UK support for aid workers and the Afghan people: Government response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2021–22

Published 19 May 2022

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The government's response

This document responds to Fifth Report - Afghanistan: UK support for aid workers and the Afghan people.

This is the government's response, published 19 May 2022.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response sets out its position on the Committee's recommendations on Afghanistan, including that it "do[es] not accept the Committee's conclusion" on the banking crisis, while describing steps on resettlement, aid disbursal and transparency.

  • On resettlement, it says "the capacity of the UK to resettle people is not unlimited" and that it is working to launch the ACRS 'third pathway' "as soon as possible", with "further detail" to be published "in due course".
  • On the Committee's call for quarterly reports on ACRS numbers, it says statistics on people relocated "will be included in upcoming editions of Immigration Statistics". It adds that it does not "collate data on whether people were employed as aid workers".
  • On aid disbursal, it says it "agree[s] it is imperative" that humanitarian funding is disbursed efficiently and that the FCDO has done this. It states that of the £286 million pledged, 50% was disbursed by end December 2021 and 100% by the end of the financial year.
  • On Development Tracker, it says financial contributions to partners will be published "within three months", with "any potentially sensitive information redacted".

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