Richard Harrington corrected a written answer on Refugees: Syria
Mr Jim Cunningham (Labour, Coventry South) asked written question 32410 on 23 March 2016. Richard Harrington answered on 11 April 2016 for the Home Office, and Richard Harrington corrected the answer on 19 April 2016. The correction replaced 4 figures (£129 million, £149 million, £83 million, £99 million) with 3 figures (20,000, £129m, £460m). Altogether 127 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the total cost of resettling refugees from Syria in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.
Original and corrected answer
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The | At the Spending Review, the Chancellor announced an estimated £460m over the spending review period to cover the first 12 months’ costs for each of the 20,000 refugees being resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. He also announced an estimated £129m to assist with local authority costs for years two to five of each refugee’s stay in the UK. The cost of the scheme since inception is subject to audit by the National Audit Office as part of the finalisation of the 2015-16 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, which are expected to be published this summer. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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