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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-03-09more like thismore than 2016-03-09
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Scholarships: Refugees more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many university scholarships have been taken up by Syrian refugees in the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath remove filter
tabling member printed
Ben Howlett more like this
uin 30498 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-03-18more like thismore than 2016-03-18
answer text <p>This information is not held by the department or its agencies.</p><p>The sector led Supporting Professionalism in Admissions Programme (SPA) has published good practice guidance on admissions for refugees and asylum seekers.</p><p>Through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme, the Government is working closely with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to identify those most at risk and bring them to the UK.</p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of the international response to the Syrian crisis. On 4 February 2016, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced that the UK will more than double our total pledge to the Syria crisis from £1.12 billion to over £2.3 billion. This is our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis and means that the UK is one of the largest donors to the Syria crisis.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Orpington more like this
answering member printed Joseph Johnson more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-03-18T16:00:24.53Zmore like thismore than 2016-03-18T16:00:24.53Z
answering member
4039
label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone more like this
tabling member
4445
label Biography information for Ben Howlett more like this