Conservative ministers used an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a data breach that led the UK government to offer relocation to 15,000 Afghans in a secret scheme with a potential cost of more than £2bn. A few minutes later, John Healey, the defence secretary, offered a “sincere apology” for the data breach. Halting the scheme, however, would mean another 9,500 people would not come to the UK, he added. Three schemes, including the ARR, were created to help Afghans come to the UK after the Taliban takeover. But it was maintained while Grant Shapps was defence secretary, with the ARR scheme devised to mitigate the risk following the leak.