In Parliament

In line with HMG's Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) guidance, all MOD security and justice assistance programmes are requi

The Government continues to be strongly committed to fulfilling its responsibilities to current and former locally employed staff in Afgh

The Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) has seen thousands of eligible persons relocated to the UK, including British national

Regrettably we have not been able to evacuate all those we want to, despite the huge efforts that have been made.

RAF assets have all now been withdrawn from Afghanistan.

From the 1 April 2021 to 31 July 2021 approximately 6,500 completed, credible applications for relocation to the UK under the Afghan Relo

Everyone coming to the UK on evacuation flights from Afghanistan was subject to rigorous security checks to make sure that the UK's natio

Since the declaration of Merlin HM Mk2 Initial Operating Capability on 20 June 2014, the fleet has achieved 40,778 flying hours as of 31

Regrettably we have not been able to evacuate all those we want to, despite the huge efforts that have been made.

There are currently 46 pilots and 36 observers in the training pipeline for Merlin HM Mk2 helicopters.