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<p>I am responding with figures relating to Iraqi and Afghan civilian personnel employed
by HM Armed Forces and admitted for settlement to the UK. Admissions date from 2008
and have taken place under ex gratia arrangements rather than on the basis of a duty
of care.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 1,323 Iraqi civilians have been relocated to the
UK since the locally engaged staff (LES) assistance scheme was announced in 2007.
This total comprises 367 former locally engaged staff and 956 dependants.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>1,323</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Nearly 500 Afghan former LES are eligible to apply for relocation to
the UK with their immediate families under the Afghan LES Ex Gratia Redundancy scheme,
which was announced on 4 June 2013. 573 people, comprising 249 locally engaged staff
and 324 dependants, have relocated to the UK up to the end of January 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>36*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>573</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*as
at 31 January 2016</p><p> </p><p>A number of Iraqi and Afghan former LES will have
claimed asylum after entering the UK outside of the ex gratia arrangements; however,
the relevant data is not held centrally.</p><p>We are not aware that any payments
have been made for the resettlement of Iraqi or Afghan civilians to other countries.</p><p>
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