Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in each UNHCR resettlement category have been settled in the UK as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) identifies refugees for resettlement using its established criteria. The seven resettlement submission categories are Legal and or Physical Protection Needs; Survivors of Torture and/or Violence; Medical Needs; Women and Girls at Risk; Family Reunification; Children and Adolescents at Risk and Lack of Foreseeable Alternative Durable Solutions.

Many of the refugees referred for resettlement will meet more than one of the submission categories. We do not publish details of the reasons refugees are referred, however those providing support to the refugees on arrival in the UK receive information prior to their arrival in the UK to ensure that support can be tailored to their needs.