Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 23
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Department unable to determine precise ARR scheme costs due to commingled accounts and super-injunction.
Conclusion
The Department is not able to determine exactly what it has spent on resettling people through the ARR scheme, because it did not separately identify the costs in its accounting system. The Department told us that it did this because reporting the costs separately would breach the super-injunction and because much of the activity for the secret 54 Q 35 55 Q 42 56 Q 39 57 Q 43 58 Letter from Ministry of Defence, 7 October 2025 59 Qq 40–41 15 scheme and the open ARR scheme was the same.60 Although the criteria for offering resettlement under the ARR and ARAP schemes are different, the resettlement offer was the same. It included: relocation to the UK; transitional accommodation for up to nine months; support to find a settled home; integration support; permission to stay in the UK permanently and to work; and access to education, healthcare, benefits and other public services.61