That:

(a)   Herefordshire Council’s voluntary participation in the general asylum dispersal scheme is approved; and

(b)   the extension of Herefordshire’s commitment to resettlement of refugee families is approved, to include Syrian refugee families and those under the VCRS; and

(c)   the director for adults and wellbeing be authorised, following consultation with the director for children’s wellbeing and the relevant cabinet members, to take all operational decisions necessary to agree the specific terms of Herefordshire’s participation in the general asylum dispersal scheme, to a maximum of 40 individuals at any time, and extend the resettlement of refugees families, from the existing pledge of 60 to a maximum of 95 individuals.