Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Afghanistan Response Route (ARR)

Status: Open Opened: 13 Oct 2025 26 conclusions 1 report

The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was set up by the Ministry of Defence to mitigate the security risks arising from a data protection breach and the unauthorised disclosure of personal information about Afghan citizens which occurred in February 2022. The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report on the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) to …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
54th Report - Afghanistan Response Route HC 1391 14 Nov 2025 26 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
5 Conclusion 54th Report - Afghanistan Response Route Rejected

Require Department to explain how Afghanistan Response Route resettlement costs are separately captured

The Department did not put in place a mechanism to accurately identify and account for the costs of resettling individuals who were at high risk due to the data breach. The Department accounted for the costs of the ARR within its total spending on Afghan resettlement schemes, rather than identifying …

Government response. The government rejected the recommendation to capture Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) costs separately due to complexity, proposing instead to provide an indicative cost allocation for both schemes at the end of each financial year via an average cost per person …
HM Treasury

Correspondence

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
14 May 2026 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence relating to Afgh…
20 Apr 2026 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence to the Chair of …
16 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence relating to the …
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Treasury Officer of Accounts at HM Treasury relating to the spe…