Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have (a) applied and (b) successfully resettled in the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (i) in total and (ii) in each month since September 2014.

As at 31 December 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had referred 260 people for consideration under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons
Relocation (VPR) scheme. This data is based on management information only, and has not therefore been subject to the detailed checks that apply to National
Statistics publications. 143 people were relocated to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme between the first group of arrivals on 25 March 2014 and the end of December 2014. This is the latest publicly available figure, as numbers are released as part of the Home Office official statistics each quarter.

The table below states the numbers resettled at the end of each quarter.

2014 Q1 – 13
2014 Q2 – 37
2014 Q3 – 40
2014 Q4 – 53

Total – 143

The number of arrivals under the scheme up to March 2015 will be published on 21 May.