More than 7,300 Afghans are expected to be resettled in the UK as a result of a major government data breach, according to a National Audit Office report that raises doubts over officials’ claims of a £850m cost. The MoD expects 7,355 people to be resettled through the Afghanistan response route (ARR) as a direct result of the breach, including the family members of those directly affected, the NAO said. “The MoD estimated the costs to the whole of government to be £128,000 per resettled individual, of which an estimated £53,000 would be met by the MoD. After the discovery of the data breach on 25 August 2023, the MoD had applied to the high court for an injunction to prevent the data loss becoming public. The defence secretary, John Healey, closed the ARR and the injunction on reporting was dropped in July.