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Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 902576 on Employment: Asylum, what the gender balance of dependents of asylum seekers is; what assessment she has made of the impact of the rules

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 6 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 10 Feb 2025
Answer: 12 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 902576 on Employment: Asylum, what the gender balance of dependents of asylum seekers is; what assessment she has made of the impact of the rules
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2025
Answer published
We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is gender sensitive, building on the Government’s wider strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. All decision-makers receive mandatory training on considering asylum claims and must follow ...

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