Question follow-through · 84099
Asylum: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vetting processes are in place to prevent people with a history of violence or extremism from being granted asylum, in the context of recent developments in the Middle East.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- British Nationality · 9 Feb 2026
- Migrant Workers: Livestock Industry · 20 Feb 2026
- Immigration Controls: Dual Nationality · 20 Feb 2026
- Home Office: Yoti · 23 Mar 2026
- Asylum: Applications · 2 Jun 2026
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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
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vetting processes are in place to prevent people with a history of violence or extremism from being granted asylum, in the context of recent developments in the Middle East.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 2025
Answer published
All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to establish their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to the delivery of a safe and se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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