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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
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 19 January 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
Afghanistan Response Route (ARR)
Report
54th Report - Afghanistan Response Route
14 Nov 2025
HC 1391
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.8 yr
Report published
14 Nov 2025