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Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) training her Department provides to caseworkers handling asylum applications.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
25 Oct 2024
Target answer date
29 Oct 2024
Answer
4 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) training her Department provides to caseworkers handling asylum applications.

  2. 29 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Asylum decision-makers receive extensive training on interviewing and considering asylum claims.https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asylum-decision-making-guidance-asylum-instructionsAsylum decision-makers carefully consider the claimant’s protectio...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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