PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Refugees: Syria (27 June 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made in placing vulnerable Syrian families in the UK.
Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Answer
The resettlement programme is on track to deliver the commitment to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Syrians by the year 2020. Between the start of October 2015 and the end of March 2017, 7,055 people have been resettled under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme across 235 different local authorities.
Answered by:
Sir Brandon Lewis (Conservative)
3 July 2017
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