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777484

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date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied child refugees have arrived in the UK under (1) section 67 of the UK Immigration Act 2016, and (2) the Dublin III Regulations.
tabling member printed	Lord Dubs
uin	HL2500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied children to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France. Over 200 of these children met the criteria for section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.</p><p>We are fully committed to delivering our commitment to transfer the specified number of 480 children under section 67 and are working very closely with Member States, as well as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGO partners to identify and transfer children to the UK in line with each individual Member State’s national laws. We have secondees in Greece and Italy working on transfers of unaccompanied children to the UK under both the Dublin III Regulation and section 67. More eligible children will be transferred from Europe in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Dublin III Regulation allows unaccompanied children who have claimed asylum in another Member State to be transferred here to have their asylum claim assessed if they have a qualifying family member legally present in the UK and transfer would be in their best interests.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe. This data will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on transfers under the Dublin Regulation are already available here:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report</a></p><p> </p><p>Asylum statistics are published quarterly in the Home Office Immigration Statistics release, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2017 17:22:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	805 label Biography information for Lord Dubs

777526

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Norway
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the Utoya massacre in Norway.
tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
uin	HL2532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Over recent years the Home Office has worked with the police and other emergency services to develop a strong, police-led capability to deal with large-scale firearms attacks in the UK.</p><p>We keep our preparedness under constant review and use the lessons learned from the Utoya attack in 2011 and subsequent terrorist attacks to inform the UK’s approach; regularly exercising the UK’s capabilities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 15:49:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

777541

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to replace the provisions for asylum seekers under Dublin III after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it is in both the UK and the EU’s best interests to continue to cooperate on asylum and illegal migration issues when we leave the EU. We are ready to discuss the exact nature of this cooperation with our European partners.</p><p> </p><p>As a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, we will continue to honour our international obligations when we leave the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2017 17:46:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777542

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many under-18 year old asylum seekers have been admitted into the UK in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of initial decisions for asylum applications from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (under-18 year old applicants) each quarter by nationality in table as_09_q of the <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release.</p><p>The latest figures are available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a> or can be found in the table below:</p><p>Total initial decisions on asylum applications from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p><strong>Total initial decisions</strong></p></td><td><p>Total <br> grants</p></td><td><p>Grants of asylum</p></td><td><p>Grants of HP</p></td><td><p>Grants of <br> DL</p></td><td><p>Grants of UASC <br> leave</p></td><td><p>Grants of Family or Private Life LTR or LOTR</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>308</strong></p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>327</strong></p></td><td><p>287</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>274</strong></p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>367</strong></p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note the table exlcudes cases where the applicant was found to be over 18 and that we are due to publish our Q3 data on 30-Nov 2017.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/11/2017 15:07:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name PQ ref HL2545- Table as_09_q.xls title Table as_09q
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777544

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which passport centres conduct face-to-face interviews; and where those centres are located.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office has 17 centres at which it conducts face-to-face interviews. Those centres are located as follows</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Office</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Address</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Town</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Post Code</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>Law Society House</p></td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>BT1 3GN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Kensington House 6F, Suffolk Street, Queensway</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>B1 1LN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Rosebury House 1F, 41 Springfield Road</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>CM2 6JJ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>Freemans Reach</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>DH97 1PA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>95 Haymarket Terrace 1F</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>EH12 5HD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Northgate</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>G4 0DX</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Part GF, 33 Park Place</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>LS1 2RY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Passport Office, 101 Old Hall Street</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>L3 9BD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Globe House</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>SW1V 1PN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>A W House 4F, Stuart Street</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>LU1 2SW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>Medvale House</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>ME15 6AE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>Nexus House, Usk Way</p></td><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>NP20 2DW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Aragon Court</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>PE1 1QG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Mayflower House</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>PL1 1LD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>Building 1000 GF, Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>PO6 3EZ</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Sapphire Plaza, Watlington Rd</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>RG1 4TA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford Quays</p></td><td><p>Dallas Court</p></td><td><p>Salford Quays</p></td><td><p>M50 2GF</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2017 17:17:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777545

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many face-to-face interviews were held at each passport centre in (1) 2010, (2) 2013, and (3) 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>All first time adult applications are interviewed so the number of interviews will vary according to the number of adult applications. The table below hows the annual number of Face to Face First Time Adult Interviews conducted per calendar year at Her Majesty’s Passport Office Interview locations. This data also reflects the reduction in Interview locations from 2010 to 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>FTA Interviews Conducted</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>FTA Interviews Conducted</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>FTA Interviews Conducted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>1,871</p></td><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>652</p></td><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>549</p></td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>3960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andover</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>21,436</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>25905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armagh</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>5,867</p></td><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>1204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>3,717</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>6,713</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick on Tweed</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>1,055</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>7206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>20,337</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>9,827</p></td><td><p>Coleraine</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>6,856</p></td><td><p>Coleraine</p></td><td><p>792</p></td><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>2,576</p></td><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>6,988</p></td><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>3,411</p></td><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>7,834</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>9873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>4,797</p></td><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>1,274</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>6683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury St Edmunds</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>9,702</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>9782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>6,351</p></td><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>9,562</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>9,860</p></td><td><p>IOW</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>2,554</p></td><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>1,230</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>16402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coleraine</p></td><td><p>1,235</p></td><td><p>IOW</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>1579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>6,094</p></td><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>12692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>6,909</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>12,835</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>59434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>6,743</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>10134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>8,660</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>6554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>2,135</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>68,868</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>3311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>3,891</p></td><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>12,236</p></td><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>11494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>2,626</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>6,673</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>9,467</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>14,575</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>11519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>818</p></td><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>7,103</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>6017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>2,374</p></td><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>8157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kendal</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>11170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>904</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>7,293</p></td><td><p>Salford Quays</p></td><td><p>12211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>2,872</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>5,279</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>1686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>10,784</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>7,051</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>5,887</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>13,153</p></td><td><p>VIS Host*</p></td><td><p>3675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>2,689</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>8,172</p></td><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>8,680</p></td><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>1,689</p></td><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>57,543</p></td><td><p>VIS Host*</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>12,226</p></td><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td><td><p>Total for 2016</p></td><td><p>246733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>6,768</p></td><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>1,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>13,288</p></td><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>3,561</p></td><td><p>Total for 2013</p></td><td><p>283,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>6,756</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>5,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>3,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>2,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oban</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>3,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>3,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>4,639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>11,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ripon</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selkirk</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>1,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sleaford</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Molton</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Austell</p></td><td><p>1,584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke on Trent</p></td><td><p>3,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>3,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>1,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>2,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wick</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>2,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>1,666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>1,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total for 2010</p></td><td><p>296,434</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Video Interview Service, typically used in the more remote parts of the country. The interview is undertaken by Her Majesty’s Passport Office staff over a video link, and the customer is accompanied at all times by one of our partner organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/11/2017 14:28:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table - HL2547.xlsx title Table - HL2547
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

777556

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to combine the Serious Fraud Office with any other law enforcement agencies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL2555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to strengthening the UK's response to bribery, corruption, money laundering, fraud and other forms of economic crime. The Government is continuing to review options to improve the effectiveness of the UK's response to economic crime, and any measures resulting from this work will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2554 question first answered 07/11/2017 17:00:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

777557

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect section 1 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 to come into force.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL2556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Subject to Parliamentary time being available, we are aiming to fully commence the provisions relating to unexplained wealth orders by the end of this financial year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/11/2017 17:45:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

777667

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the transfer of the next tranche of funding to Northern Ireland under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme; and what the amount of that funding will be.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	109494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The government provides funding to all local authorities participating in the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>The funding allocated to local authorities is provided on a per capita basis, with tariff amounts and payment terms clearly set-out in the scheme’s funding instructions. The first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs are funded by central government using the Official Development Assistance budget. There is also an exceptional cases fund to assist the most vulnerable refugees.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 109495 question first answered 30/10/2017 16:30:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

777668

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	109495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The government provides funding to all local authorities participating in the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>The funding allocated to local authorities is provided on a per capita basis, with tariff amounts and payment terms clearly set-out in the scheme’s funding instructions. The first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs are funded by central government using the Official Development Assistance budget. There is also an exceptional cases fund to assist the most vulnerable refugees.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 109494 question first answered 30/10/2017 16:30:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson