Written question asked by Baroness Teather (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 March 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 19 March 2015. A substantive answer was provided by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.
Asylum: Syria
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme were principal applicants.
- Answer
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As of 31 December 2014, 143 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme, 34 of whom were principal applicants (i.e. head of family) and 109 their dependents.
This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the Home Office official statistics each quarter. The number of arrivals under the scheme up to the end of March 2015 will be published on 21 May.
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- 227678
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- 2014-15
- Subjects
- Asylum Syria
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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