Question follow-through · 64738
Asylum: Criminal Records
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department shares information with local police forces on the criminal records of asylum seekers placed in their area.
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
- 3 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 11 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department shares information with local police forces on the criminal records of asylum seekers placed in their area.
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Home Office communicates regularly with local police forces, and with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, to assess the operational implications of housing asylum seekers in different areas and regions around the country, and will always do what is n...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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