Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 21 November (HL3027), how many persons have been admitted to the UK so far in 2016 under the Mandate resettlement scheme for refugees; and what plans they have to enhance the effectiveness of this scheme.

Mandate plays an important part in facilitating the resettlement of refugees in various locations across the world. The referral of cases under Mandate is dependent on UNHCR identifying cases which meet its criteria. The number of people resettled under the Mandate scheme is reported in the quarterly immigration statistics.

We continually review processes to ensure Mandate cases are processed as effectively as possible.