"uri","answering body","answer > is ministerial correction","answer > date of answer","answer > answer text","answer > answering member printed","answer > grouped question UIN","answer > question first answered","answer > uri","answer > answering member > label","answering dept id","answering dept short name","answering dept sort name","date","hansard heading","house id","legislature > pref label","question text","registered interest","tabling member > label","tabling member printed","uin" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1108825","Department for International Development","false","2019-04-16","
The UK remains deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation throughout the region, including for vulnerable groups such as women and children. We are aware of a significant number of minors residing in refugee and internally displaced persons camps in former Daesh held areas.
Limited access and harsh winter conditions continue to exacerbate humanitarian need. Access to food, sanitation, healthcare, shelter and education remain core concerns in the international response. In 2018/19, we provided over £40 million to address basic-life saving needs in North East Syria. Since 2014, DFID has committed over £250 million in humanitarian support to Iraq, providing a vital lifeline of emergency food, shelter, medical care and clean water.
","Lord Bates",,"2019-04-16T14:02:01.523Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1108825/answer","Biography information for Lord Bates","20","International Development","International Development","2019-04-01","Middle East: British Nationals Abroad","2","House of Lords","To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian conditions for British children living in refugee camps in Syria or in territory that was formerly part of the sovereign states of Syria or Iraq.","false","Biography information for Baroness Berridge","Baroness Berridge","HL14932" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/79714","Home Office","false","2014-09-22","The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived in March, and by the end of June 50 Syrians had been relocated to the UK. Groups of Syrians are now being brought to the UK on a regular basis under the scheme. We will be publishing the number of people arriving under the VPR scheme each quarter as part of the Home Office’s official migration statistics.
The VPR scheme is a bespoke programme designed to help particularly vulnerable refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We have no plans to extend the scheme to include Iraqi refugees fleeing religious persecution. However, the Government has already brought a number of Iraqis into the UK under the Gateway Programme where they have been in a protracted refugee situation for five years or more, and who amongst other things are escaping religious persecution.
Furthermore, the Government will of course continue to consider asylum claims, including applications from Iraqi nationals suffering religious persecution, under our normal rules.
","Lord Bates","HL1607","2014-09-22T11:48:36.2844508Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/79714/answer","Biography information for Lord Bates","1","Home Office","Home Office","2014-07-28","Asylum: Syria","2","House of Lords","To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Syrian Refugees have arrived in the United Kingdom under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme.","false","Biography information for Baroness Berridge","Baroness Berridge","HL1606" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/79715","Home Office","false","2014-09-22","
The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme arrived in March, and by the end of June 50 Syrians had been relocated to the UK. Groups of Syrians are now being brought to the UK on a regular basis under the scheme. We will be publishing the number of people arriving under the VPR scheme each quarter as part of the Home Office’s official migration statistics.
The VPR scheme is a bespoke programme designed to help particularly vulnerable refugees displaced by the Syrian crisis who cannot be supported effectively in the region, particularly survivors of torture and violence, women and children at risk and those in need of medical care. We have no plans to extend the scheme to include Iraqi refugees fleeing religious persecution. However, the Government has already brought a number of Iraqis into the UK under the Gateway Programme where they have been in a protracted refugee situation for five years or more, and who amongst other things are escaping religious persecution.
Furthermore, the Government will of course continue to consider asylum claims, including applications from Iraqi nationals suffering religious persecution, under our normal rules.
","Lord Bates","HL1606","2014-09-22T11:48:24.9961169Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/79715/answer","Biography information for Lord Bates","1","Home Office","Home Office","2014-07-28","Asylum: Iraq","2","House of Lords","To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will extend the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to include Iraqi Refugees fleeing religious persecution.","false","Biography information for Baroness Berridge","Baroness Berridge","HL1607" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457349","Home Office","false","2016-03-16","
Under the current scheme, only UNHCR registered Syrian refugees are eligible under the Syrian Resettlement Scheme, which has been expanded to resettle up to 20,000 during this Parliament. We work closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify cases that they deem in need of resettlement according to seven agreed vulnerability criteria for the Syrian Resettlement Scheme.
The Syrian Resettlement Scheme is operated in addition to our global resettlement schemes: Gateway and Mandate, which are not nationality specific.
","Lord Bates",,"2016-03-16T15:05:43.107Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457349/answer","Biography information for Lord Bates","1","Home Office","Home Office","2016-03-03","Refugees","2","House of Lords","To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the ongoing problems faced by the Yazidi community and children affected by the conflict in Iraq and Syria, they will reassess the criteria for eligibility for the Syrian Vulnerable Person Resettlement Programme and other UK resettlement schemes.","false","Biography information for Baroness Berridge","Baroness Berridge","HL6675"