Question follow-through · 55587
National Age Assessment Board
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of independence of the National Age Assessment Board.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of independence of the National Age Assessment Board.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2025
Answer published
The introduction of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) in March 2023, a decision-making body comprising of social workers who can conduct Merton age assessments on behalf of local authorities, offers significant improvements to our processes for ass...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Knives: Crime
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling knife crime.
Domestic Abuse: Information Sharing
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of information-sharing frameworks in enabling victims of domestic abuse to be notified if their abuser enters the United Kingdom; and whether steps will b