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Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes - Committees - UK Parliament
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.
