Bulford Camp, Wiltshire

The Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford Garrison comprises 16 separate barracks on Salisbury Plain and is one of the largest concentrations of British Army accommodation in the country. No source we have found says how Bulford Camp's accommodation is used, or whether any of it is used for the Afghan resettlement schemes.

The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) is for Afghan citizens who worked for or with the UK Government in Afghanistan in exposed or meaningful roles. As of 1 July 2025, ARAP closed to new applications, although existing applications submitted before that date continue to be processed. In December 2024 the Government launched the unified Afghan Resettlement Programme bringing the existing schemes into a single pipeline^[3]GOV.UK.

Wiltshire Council confirms it actively supports the Government in delivering the scheme, including providing resettlement, integration and support services for Afghan families housed at Wiltshire MoD sites pending dispersal into civilian housing^[2]Council.

The only source we have found that names Bulford is a Wiltshire999s report of 29 July 2025, which says the local MP met residents in Larkhill and Bulford to discuss the arrival of Afghan families in Wiltshire. It gives no number and does not say who is housed there now^[1]Press.

A Wiltshire Council cabinet meeting in September 2025, covered by This Is Wiltshire, heard about MoD transitional family accommodation in the county that had been used for Afghans since December 2023 and was due to close in November 2025. The report does not name Bulford Camp or any other site, and the council leader declined to say where it is^[4]Press. We therefore do not attach that start date or closing date to Bulford Camp.

Bulford Camp is run by the Ministry of Defence on the existing garrison estate. Any accommodation costs fall on the MoD Afghan resettlement budget rather than on the Home Office asylum hotel programme, so no cost is estimated for it here and none is counted in any asylum capacity, cost or total on this website. The House of Commons Library briefing on UK immigration schemes for Afghan nationals sets out the funding split between the schemes^[3]GOV.UK.