Question follow-through · 110502

Asylum: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Hong Kong SAR passport holders in the asylum system have access to appropriate mental health support.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
5 Feb 2026
Answer
11 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Hong Kong SAR passport holders in the asylum system have access to appropriate mental health support.

  2. 5 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office takes safeguarding issues extremely seriously. Protecting vulnerable people is a key departmental priority. We recognise that that all asylum seekers are potentially vulnerable. During the asylum decision making process we aim to ensure th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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