Question follow-through · 46850

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on whether asylum (a) claimants and (b) applicants have previously successfully claimed asylum in an EU member state.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 22 Apr 2025
Target answer date: 6 May 2025
Answer: 6 May 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on whether asylum (a) claimants and (b) applicants have previously successfully claimed asylum in an EU member state.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
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6 May 2025
Answer published
A proper account of a claimant’s immigration history is taken as part of the screening process, and during the substantive asylum interview where necessary, to fully understand the chronology and detail of how the person came to the UK, including the circ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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