Question follow-through · 61438

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that questions asked during asylum interviews are (a) appropriate, (b) relevant and (c) not misapplied from other (i) religious and (ii) cultural contexts.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
26 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that questions asked during asylum interviews are (a) appropriate, (b) relevant and (c) not misapplied from other (i) religious and (ii) cultural contexts.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    All asylum claims made in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits, and the guidance provided to decision makers when undertaking interviews is published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conducting-the-asylum-intervi...

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