Question follow-through · 52188
Asylum: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which scientific methods will be used to strengthen the age verification process of asylum applicants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
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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
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which scientific methods will be used to strengthen the age verification process of asylum applicants.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to strengthening the age assessment process and continues to review all options for improving the accuracy and efficiency of the age assessment system.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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