Anneliese Dodds MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Asylum: SudanHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2026 to question 21369, whether her Department holds information on the percentage of Sudanese nationals who claim asylum following a grant of entry clearance as
Answer: The number of asylum claims linked to Student visas, and the number of individuals in receipt of asylum support, are published in the Immigration system statistics data tables. These can be broken down by nationality.
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SudanHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of Sudanese nationals who claim asylum following a grant of entry clearance as a student go on to claim asylum support.
Answer: A high proportion of Sudanese nationals following a grant of entry clearance as a student go on to claim asylum. In Year-Ending September 2025, asylum claims linked to a student visa as a proportion of all student visa applications were 46% for Sudanese n...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether criminal convictions given to Hong Kongers in Hong Kong courts under the National Security Act can result in denied Electronic Travel Authorisation to the UK.
Answer: An application for an ETA must be refused where the applicant has been convicted of a criminal offence in the UK or overseas for which they have received a custodial or suspended sentence of 12 months or more, or has been convicted of a criminal offence i...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process will be available for a person seeking asylum to obtain, scrutinise, challenge or appeal a Facial Age Estimation result and any decision based on that result.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training and guidance will be provided to officials using or interpreting Facial Age Estimation results, including relating to the treatment of uncertainty and trauma-related facial ageing.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how Facial Age Estimation results will be presented to caseworkers or other decision-makers, and what weight those results will carry in any age assessment, including in relation to: accommodation, sa
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what datasets, images or other personal data have been used to train, validate or test the Facial Age Estimation technology intended for use in asylum age assessments.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how decision-makers will account for uncertainty when the estimated age as per Facial Age Estimation technology falls near the threshold between childhood and adulthood.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential bias and differential error rates in Facial Age Estimation technology procured by the Home Office by ethnicity, skin tone, sex and country of origin.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Facial Age Estimation technology procured by the Home Office has been tested on people seeking asylum.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has examined the relative margin of error in Facial Age Estimation technology as compared with other methods of age assessment, when it comes to the assessment of age of people
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternatives were used to test against Facial Age Estimation technology in assessing the age of asylum-seeking children aged 15, 16 and 17.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of Facial Age Estimation technology procured by the Home Office when applied to children and young people seeking asylum.
Answer: Assessing age is a complex task, and there is no single or a combination of techniques that are able to determine chronological age with precision.Previously, the Department explored other potential scientific and technological methods, such as the use of...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
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