54th Report - Afghanistan Response Route

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 1391 14 November 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 26 items
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Government Response (AI assessment · 26 of 26 classified)
Accepted 14
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 5
Not Addressed 2
Rejected 2
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-fourth report from Session 2024-26 · published 19 Jan 2026
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10 Conclusion Acknowledged
ICO unable to conduct full data breach investigation due to classified information.
Conclusion
In August 2023, after it discovered the data breach, the Department reported the incident to the Metropolitan Police and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The police decided that no criminal investigation was necessary. The ICO decided that it was not … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government commissioned an independent, MOD-wide Data Protection Review in response to several high-profile and sensitive data protection incidents.
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13 Conclusion Acknowledged
Department had data protection policies but improved systems since February 2022 breach.
Conclusion
As part of its investigation into the February 2022 data breach, the Department provided to the ICO details of its data protection policies, as well as training and guidance for staff on the risks of sharing information by email, that … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government references a letter dated 7 October 2025 which includes an update on how the recommendations in the McIvor Review have been implemented.
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23 Conclusion Acknowledged
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 … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government states that capturing costs for the ARR scheme separately would be disproportionately complex and resource intensive, and proposes an alternative approach for allocating costs.
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