5.1 The government disagrees with the recommendation. 5.2 The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) and Afghan Relocations Assistance Policy (ARAP) offers are largely identical and utilise shared services (including for relocation, support and accommodation), differing only in qualifying criteria. While the department appreciates the importance of capturing costs relating to the data incident, to account for the ARR scheme separately would be disproportionately complex and resource intensive. The department instead proposes an alternative approach for costs incurred which will allow for a more accurate allocation of costs and meets reporting requirements, without introducing unnecessary complexity. 5.3 In order to support the Committee, the department can provide an indicative cost allocation at the end of each financial year. This would involve aggregating the total costs associated with both schemes at the end of each financial year and dividing this figure by the total number of individuals resettled under both schemes. The resulting average cost per person would then be multiplied by the number resettled under each scheme, providing an estimate of their respective costs. These updates will be included with the relevant six-monthly update, referenced at recommendation 1.