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<p><del class="ministerial">The first 12 months of each refugee’s resettlement costs
under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) Scheme will be funded using
Official Development Assistance. At the Spending Review the Government committed £129
million to assist with local authority costs over years 2-5 of the scheme.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The total estimated cost of the scheme in each of the next five
years is: £99 million in 2016-2017, £129 million in 2017-2018, £149 million in 2018-2019
and £83 million in 2020-2021.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">At the Spending
Review, the Chancellor announced an estimated £460m over the spending review period
to cover the first 12 months’ costs for each of the 20,000 refugees being resettled
in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">He also announced an estimated
£129m to assist with local authority costs for years two to five of each refugee’s
stay in the UK.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The
cost of the scheme since inception is subject to audit by the National Audit Office
as part of the finalisation of the 2015-16 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts,
which are expected to be published this summer.</ins></p>
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