Committees

Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes

Inquiry

This inquiry will examine the circumstances behind and the consequences of a major data breach in February 2022 from the Ministry of Defence. The breach involved the personal data of thousands of Afghan applicants for resettlement to the UK and their families, potentially putting these people at risk of reprisals. The inquiry aims to understand how this breach could have been allowed to happen, and, once it had happened, whether successive Governments took well-informed and sensible decisions under cover of an unprecedented super-injunction. The inquiry will also examine the Government’s wider arrangements for the resettlement of eligible Afghans in the UK.

While lived experience can inform the Committee's work, please be aware that the Committee does not consider or assist with individual cases.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 14 October 2025.

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Past events

Tuesday 19 May 2026
10:30am Public
Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes - Oral evidence 19 May 2026
10:30am
  • Luke Pollard MP (Minister for Defence Readiness & Industry at Ministry of Defence)
  • Dominic Wilson (Director General Transformation at Ministry of Defence)
  • Major-General Ben Cattermole (Commander Operation LAZURITE & Director Operations Defence Afghan Relocations and Resettlement (DARR) at Ministry of Defence)
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 21 April 2026
10:30am Public
Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes - Oral evidence 21 April 2026
10:30am
  • Paul Rimmer
11:15am
  • David Williams, former Permanent Secretary
  • Paul Lincoln, former Second Permanent Secretary
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 20 January 2026
10:15am Public
Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes - Oral evidence 20 January 2026
10:15am
  • Rt Hon Sir Ben Wallace, former Secretary of State for Defence
11:00am
  • Rt Hon James Heappey, former Minister of State for the Armed Forces
11:45am
  • Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps, former Secretary of State for Defence
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 9 December 2025
10:30am Public
Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes - Oral evidence 9 December 2025
10:30am
  • Rafi Hottak - Former Afghan Interpreter
  • Professor Sara de Jong (Professor at The University of York)
  • David Williams (Journalist at Daily Mail)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

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