Question follow-through · 5868

Asylum: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses AI tools to help determine asylum decisions.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
4 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses AI tools to help determine asylum decisions.

  2. 4 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office is investing in innovative techniques, including AI, to explore how we can improve productivity and continue to maintain order in the asylum system. AI technology does not make decisions on Asylum applications, instead, it helps analyse da...

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