Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government\u2019s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.<\/p>
We always aim to resettle families referred to the UK\u2019s resettlement schemes by the UNHCR as close as possible to any family members already here in the UK, however this is subject to the availability of suitable and sustainable accommodation and relevant support services in that area.<\/p>
We are working with key stakeholders and international partners on our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy. This includes consideration of the UK\u2019s resettlement offer beyond 2020.<\/p>"}
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Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government\u2019s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.<\/p>
We always aim to resettle families referred to the UK\u2019s resettlement schemes by the UNHCR as close as possible to any family members already here in the UK, however this is subject to the availability of suitable and sustainable accommodation and relevant support services in that area.<\/p>
We are working with key stakeholders and international partners on our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy. This includes consideration of the UK\u2019s resettlement offer beyond 2020.<\/p>"}
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Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government\u2019s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.<\/p>
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Work continues with local authorities and international partners to deliver the Government\u2019s commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) by 2020, including those with family links in the UK, and we are on track to do this. The Mandate Resettlement Scheme also allows those recognised by the UNCHR as refugees to join close family members here in the UK.<\/p>
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We are working with key stakeholders and international partners on our future Asylum and Resettlement Strategy. This includes consideration of the UK\u2019s resettlement offer beyond 2020.<\/p>"}
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The Government is undertaking a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities in England, with a view to setting fresh baseline funding levels in 2020-21. We are working closely with local government representatives and others to consider the drivers of local authorities\u2019 costs, the resources available locally to fund services, and how we should account for these in a way that draws a more transparent and understandable link between local circumstances and resource allocations.<\/p>
The Government recognises the importance of getting its approach to Adult Social Care funding right and has identified this as a service area which will require a specific funding formula. The Government believes that the best available option is to deploy the most up-to-date formula available, which offers appropriate levels of analytical robustness. Our leading option, as set out in our December 2018 consultation, is to base a formula on work commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care and undertaken by LG Futures (a specialist consultancy firm), together with the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent and the London School of Economics and Political Science. This formula uses population projections and provides a robust and contemporary measure of need for all Adult Social Care services across England, including care for those with dementia.<\/p>
Further information on this research can be found at:<\/p>