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Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to help speed up decision-making for asylum cases; and what targets her Department has set for improving decision-making times.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
16 Jan 2026
Target answer date
20 Jan 2026
Answer
26 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to help speed up decision-making for asylum cases; and what targets her Department has set for improving decision-making times.

  2. 20 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office is investing in innovative techniques, including AI, to explore how we can improve productivity, speed up the processing of asylum cases awaiting an initial decision, and restore order in the asylum system.The proportion of asylum claims r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Migrants: Health Services

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to classify misogyny as a hate crime.

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25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were issued to Russian citizens in each of the last three years.

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Asylum: China

15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been submitted by asylum seekers from the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong, since May 2015; and how many of those were successful.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: China

15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims originating from the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong, have been based on fear of persecution for reasons of political opinion since May 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: China

15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants from the People’s Republic of China have been removed to that country since May 2015.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Biometrics and Criminal Records: Disclosure of Information

15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protocols are in place regarding the sharing of biometrics and criminal records data with non-EU, non-M5 partners.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Extradition

15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are any cases where (a) an Interpol WPD and (b) a Red Notice has been issued against an individual granted political asylum in the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: INTERPOL

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