Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Mayor, the
Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:
(1) the proposed timetable for receiving the further 100 households in the
borough, under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme (and the
Vulnerable Children’s Scheme) as set out be approved;
(2) the proposed expansion of the Lewisham Syrian Refugee Offer be noted
and the tendering and appointment of a support resettlement service be
approved;
(3) the offer set out now proposes the Council works with its partners and
local organisations to scale up and commission new support services as
appropriate; and
(4) as the Government funding arrangements is only up until 2020 and that
funding beyond this is not clear, the Cabinet Member for Refugees writes to
the Home Secretary requesting an extension of the Government’s current
pledge to continue to support the resettlement of vulnerable refugees.